Altunizade

Altunizade
Neighborhood
Altunizade
Coordinates: 41°01′13″N 29°02′44″E / 41.02028°N 29.04556°E / 41.02028; 29.04556Coordinates: 41°01′13″N 29°02′44″E / 41.02028°N 29.04556°E / 41.02028; 29.04556
Country  Turkey
Region Marmara
Province Istanbul
District Üsküdar
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 34662
Area code 0–216

Altunizade is a neighborhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul, Turkey.

The location takes its name from Altunizade İsmail Zühtü Pasha (1806–1887), a wealthy civil servant in the Ottoman Empire, who established the settlement in an utmost area on the Anatolian part of Istanbul in the 19th century.[1] "Altunizade" means gold trader in the Ottoman Turkish language.[2]

Education

Following universities maintain campuses in Altunizade: Istanbul 29 Mayıs University,[3] Istanbul Şehir University,[4] Istanbul Medeniyet University,[5] Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University,[6] and Üsküdar University.[7]

Places of interest

Altunizade Mosque, built in 1865.

Places of interest in the neighborhood are Altunizade Mosque,[1] and Capitol Shopping Center.

Transport

The motorway runs just northeast of the neighborhood connecting the Bosphorus Bridge with Kadıköy. A number of İETT city bus lines and bus rapid transsit Metrobus line serve Altunizade.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Aygün, Z. Tamer (2014-08-27). "Altunizade İsmail Zühtü Paşa Camii" (in Turkish). Osmanlı Camileri. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  2. ↑ "İstanbul Semt Adlarının Anlamları" (in Turkish). Not Defterim. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  3. ↑ "Yerleşke - Yerleşkede Yaşam" (in Turkish). İstanbul 29 Mayıs Üniversitesi. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Kampüler-Altunizade Kampüsleri" (in Turkish). İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "İZÜ'nün Yeni Yerleşkesi Altunizade'de Kapılarını Açıyor" (in Turkish). İstanbul Zaim Üniversitesi. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  7. ↑ "Altunizade Merkez Yerleşke" (in Turkish). Üsküdar Üniversitesi. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  8. ↑ "Durak Bilgisi - Altunizade Üsküdar" (in Turkish). İETT. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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