Yalıköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Beykoz Beykoz () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 310 km2, and its population is 247,875 (2022). It lies at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. The name i ...

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. Its population is 5,107 (2022). It lies by the Anatolian/Asian side of the

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. The name is a combination of two words: ''

yalı A yalı (, from Greek ''yialí'' (mod. ''yialós''), literally "seashore, beach") is a house or mansion built right on the waterside (almost exclusively seaside, particularly on the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul) and usually built with an archit ...

'' ("waterside house" in

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) and ''köy'' ("village" in Turkish). Yalıköy is known for its historic wooden Ottoman style houses overlooking the waters of the Bosphorus. A skyscraper skyline can be seen across on the other side of the Bosphorus, the business district of

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. People of

, Turkish,

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, and

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origin used to live in the area. A fishing community thrives on the coast of Yalıköy.

People from Yalıköy, Beykoz

Some notable people from the neighborhood are: * Hacı Osman Efendi * Olcayto Kardeşler *

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* Ahmet Mithat Efendi * İlhan Yavrucuoğlu *

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{{Anatolian neighborhoods of İstanbul by the Bosphorus Neighbourhoods of Beykoz Bosphorus Fishing communities in Turkey