Zühtüpaşa is a neighborhood (''

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'') in the district of

Kadıköy Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian si ...

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Description

Zühtüpaşa is bordered on the north by the Kadıköy neighborhoods of

Osmanağa Osmanağa is a neighborhood (''mahalle'') in the district of Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. Description Osmanağa is one of the central neighborhoods of Kadıköy, located at the intersection of important land and sea transportation networks. It is ...

, Hasanpaşa, and Eğitim, on the east by the Kadıköy neighborhoods of Feneryolu and Fenerbahçe, and the south by Fenerbahçe and Kalamış Bay (an inlet of the

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), and on the west by the Kadıköy neighborhoods of Caferağa and Osmanağa. Its population is 8155 (2020). Though it is one of the least populated Kadıköy neighborhoods, it is often quite crowded because of the sports facilities located there.

Name

After the Ottoman

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Ahmet Zühtü Paşa (later

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) settled in the Kızıltoprak neighborhood of Kadıköy in the 1880s and had a

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and

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built there, the area began to be called by his name.

Neighborhood institutions

Institutions of the Zühtüpaşa neighborhood include * the Ülker Stadium Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Sports Complex, home of the Fenerbahçe Sports Club, with an accompanying museum * the Kadikoy Municipal Marriage Office * the

Söğütlüçeşme Railway Station Söğütlüçeşme railway station () is a railway station in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. Up until 2013, the station was serviced by Haydarpaşa suburban, commuter trains as well as regional and intercity trains. Söğütlüçeşm ...

Historic sites

Historic places in the Zühtüpaşa neighborhood include * the Ömer Efendi Open-Air Prayer Area ('' namazgâh''), established in 1772, with a fountain, well, and graveyard * the Mecidiye Sufi Lodge ('' dergâh''), built by Ayşe Sıdıka Hanım in the late 19th century, demolished at some point, but rebuilt in the 2000s by Ayşe Sıdıka Hanım's grandson * the Zühtü Paşa Mosque, built by Zühtü Paşa in 1883 or 1884, with a graveyard where the

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was later buried * the Zühtü Paşa Primary School, built by Zühtü Paşa in 1889 or 1890, rebuilt in 1980 or 1991 and now used as the Kadıköy

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Building (a small graveyard remains beside it) * the Kuşdili Girls Middle School, built by Zühtü Paşa in 1897 or 1898, now the İbrahim Öktem Kindergarten * the Hamidiye Boys Middle School, built in 1900, later called the

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, then the İstanbul Anatolian High School, now empty * the Kızıltoprak Train Station, built in 1929, now the center of the

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Retirees Social Assistance Association

References

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