Cağaloğlu is a quarter located in the

Fatih Fatih () is a district of and a municipality (''belediye'') in Istanbul, Turkey, and home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the governor's office, police headquarters, metropolitan municipality and tax office) but not the co ...

district of

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, Turkey. Much of the

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industry in Istanbul is located in Cağaloğlu. It is also famous for its ancient

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, or Turkish bath, known as the

Cağaloğlu Hamam The Cağaloğlu Hamam is a historic hamam (Turkish bathhouse) in Sultanahmet, in the heart of the historic centre of Istanbul, Turkey. Finished in 1741, it was one of the last major hamams to be built in Constantinople/Istanbul during the Ottoma ...

Name

The quarter gets its name from Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha ( tr, Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Paşa; c. 1545–1605), an Ottoman

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and

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of Genoese descent, as well as a member of the influential ''Cicala'' family of

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. The original name ''Cigalaoğlu'' (meaning ''"of the Cigala (Cicala) family"'', or literally ''"Cigala-son"'' as a

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surname) eventually turned into ''Cağaloğlu'' through the course of centuries.

Notable buildings

* Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi, formerly Istanbul Girls' High School, established in 1850 *

, a historic public bath from 1741 * Istanbul Governor's Office, 1756-built, former headquarters of Ottoman Government * Istanbul High School, established in the 1880s * Nallı Masjid, 19th century small mosque * Rüstem Pasha Medrese, a historic religious institution from 1551

References

* Quarters of Fatih {{Istanbul-geo-stub