Ortakoy (Istanbul)

Ortaköy is a district ( Mahalle ) of Istanbul 's Beşiktaş district .

Video with a view of the Bosphorus in the Ortaköy district with the Ortaköy Mosque and the Bosphorus Bridge on the right (in February 2013)

The entertainment district Ortaköy with a center of the night life with pubs, bars, clubs and discos is located on the Bosphorus to the neighboring districts Mecidiye , Balmumcu , Levazim , Nisbetiye , Kültür and Kuruçeşme .

In the district are the Ortaköy Mosque , built in 1853 , the western end of the Bridge of the Martyrs of July 15, completed in 1973 , the Çırağan Palace (now a luxury hotel) and the Galatasaray Üniversitesi .

Ortaköy was populated with communities of Turks, Greeks, Jews and Armenians during the Ottoman Empire and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, making it a very cosmopolitan place. A mosque (the Ortaköy Mosque ), two churches (a Greek Orthodox Church and an Armenian Apostolic Church) and a synagogue (the Etz Ahayim Synagogue) are located close to each other on the bank. There is also an Armenian school.

The Etz Ahayim Synagogue (Tree of Life) was built in Ortaköy as early as the 17th century. It was built by victims of the city fire of 1618 who had fled the Grand Bazaar area. From 1707, after another major fire, it was restored, also after a fire in 1825. The Yeni-Mahalle synagogue was built next to it. In 1936 around 700 Jewish families lived in Ortaköy.

After the establishment of Israel in 1948, the Jewish population began to emigrate to Israel. Ortaköy was still multicultural until the 1950s. The Istanbul pogrom in September 1955 caused the emigration of Greeks in particular, as well as Armenians and Jews from Ortaköy.

On January 1, 2017, there was a terrorist attack in the Reina nightclub during a New Year celebration.

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View of the Ortakoy Mosque on the Bosphorus and the Bridge of the Martyrs of July 15th .
Çırağan Palace
Galatasaray Universitesi
Entrance to the Etz Ahayim Synagogue

Individual evidence

↑ Jak Deleon: The Bosphorus. A Historical Guide , Inter Media, 1999, p. 48.
↑ Okşan Svastics, Monika Demirel: Jüdisches Istanbul , Mandelbaum, 2010, p. 154.
↑ Gönul Öney: The Ortaköy district: a living example of sharing in harmony the rich and varied cultural heritage of Istanbul , in: Cultural Heritage and Its Educational Implications. A Factor for Tolerance, Good Citizenship and Social Integration: Proceedings, Seminar Organized by the Council of Europe [...], Brussels (Belgium), 28-30 August 1995 , Brussels 1998, pp. 59-62, here: pp. 60.

Web links

Commons : Ortaköy - collection of images, videos and audio files

41.048055555556 29.023611111111Coordinates: 41 ° 2 ′ 53 ″ N , 29 ° 1 ′ 25 ″ E

[1] Jak Deleon: The Bosphorus. A Historical Guide , Inter Media, 1999, p. 48.

[2] Okşan Svastics, Monika Demirel: Jüdisches Istanbul , Mandelbaum, 2010, p. 154.

[3] Gönul Öney: The Ortaköy district: a living example of sharing in harmony the rich and varied cultural heritage of Istanbul , in: Cultural Heritage and Its Educational Implications. A Factor for Tolerance, Good Citizenship and Social Integration: Proceedings, Seminar Organized by the Council of Europe [...], Brussels (Belgium), 28-30 August 1995 , Brussels 1998, pp. 59-62, here: pp. 60.