Küçükbakkalköy

Küçükbakkalköy
Neighbourhood
Küçükbakkalköy is located in Turkey
Küçükbakkalköy
Küçükbakkalköy
Location in Turkey
Küçükbakkalköy is located in Istanbul
Küçükbakkalköy
Küçükbakkalköy
Küçükbakkalköy (Istanbul)
Coordinates: 40°59′N 29°07′E / 40.983°N 29.117°E / 40.983; 29.117
CountryTurkey
ProvinceIstanbul
DistrictAtaşehir
Population
 (2022)
30,050
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Küçükbakkalköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Ataşehir, Istanbul Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 30,050 (2022).[2] It is on the Asian side of Istanbul. It is bounded on the northwest, north, and northeast by the Atatürk neighborhood, on the southeast by the Kayışdağı neighborhood, on the south by the İçerenköy neighborhood, and on the west by the Barbaros neighborhood.

The name Küçükbakkalköy means "little grocery village." The name is said to come from the market held in the Greek village that formerly existed there.[3] The neighborhood was referred to as Pakal-kioi (Πακαλ-κιοι) on a Greek tombstone dated 1875 in a cemetery in the neighborhood.[4]

The neighborhood is said to date from Byzantine times, with the neighborhood's Acısu Çeşmesi ("bitter water fountain") thought to be part of an old ayazma.[3]

Küçükbakkalköy is one of the historic Romani people in Turkey (Gypsy) neighborhoods of Istanbul, along with Sulukule, Selamsız, Çürüklük, Tophane, Çayırboyu, and Lonca. In 2006, there were reported to be 240 Romani households in the neighborhood.[5]

References

  1. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Küçükbakkalköy Mahallesi", Ataşehir Belediyesi.. Accessed 28 Dec. 2014.
  4. ^ A. Hergès. "Les cimetières en Turquie." Échos d'Orient 2.4, 1899. Accessed 23 Feb. 2018.
  5. ^ Seda Alp; Nejat Taştan (2011). "Türkiye'de Irk veya Etnik Köken Temelinde Ayrımcılığın İzlenmesi Raporu, 1 Ocak-31 Temmuz 2010" (PDF). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi İnsan Hakları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-10.