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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 an area of intense commercial activity, with a much higher number of places of business (9347) than residences (5374). It also hosts a large number of voluntary associations ('' dernek''). The neighborhood is bordered on the north by the Kadıköy neighborhoods of Rasimpaşa and Hasanpaşa, on the east by the Kadıköy neighborhood of Zühtüpaşa, on the south by the Kadıköy neighborhood of Caferağa, and on the west by Caferağa and Kadıköy Bay, a part of the Bosporus. The neighborhood's population is 7728 (2020). Historic sites Historic sites of Osmanağa include * the Osmanağa Mosque, first built in 1612 by Bâbüssaâde ağası Mısırlı Osman Ağa, heavily restored in 1812 by Mahmud II, and rebuilt after burning down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 side of Istanbul, on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara. It partially faces the historic city centre of Fatih on the European side of the Bosporus. It is bordered by the districts of Üsküdar, to the northwest, Ataşehir, to the northeast, and Maltepe, Istanbul, Maltepe, to the southeast. Kadıköy was known in classical antiquity and during the Roman Empire, Roman and Byzantine Empire, Byzantine eras as Chalcedon (). Chalcedon was known as the 'city of the blind'. The settlement has been under control of many empires, finally being taken by the Ottomans before the fall of Constantinople. At first, Chalcedon was Rural area, rural, but with time it Urbanization, urbanized. Kadıköy separated from the Üsküdar district in 1928. One o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zühtüpaşa
Zühtüpaşa is a neighborhood (''mahalle'') in the district of Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. Description Zühtüpaşa is bordered on the north by the Kadıköy neighborhoods of Osmanağa, 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 Sea of Marmara), 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 Minister of Finance Ahmet Zühtü Paşa (later Minister of Education) settled in the Kızıltoprak neighborhood of Kadıköy in the 1880s and had a mosque and school built there, the area began to be called by his name. Neighborhood institutions Institutions of the Zühtüpaşa neighborhood include * the Ülker Stadium Fenerbahçe Şükrü Sarac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmud II
Mahmud II (, ; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms. His disbandment of the conservative Janissary, Janissary Corps removed a major obstacle to his and his successors' reforms in the Empire, creating the foundations of the subsequent Tanzimat era. Mahmud's reign was also marked by further Ottoman military defeats and loss of territory as a result of nationalist uprisings and European intervention. Mahmud ascended the throne following an Ottoman coups of 1807–1808, 1808 coup that deposed his half-brother Mustafa IV. Early in his reign, the Ottoman Empire ceded Bessarabia to Russia at the end of the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812), 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish War. Greece waged a Greek War of Independence, successful war of independence that started in 1821 with British, French and Russian su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süreyya Opera House
Süreyya Opera House, also called Süreyya Cultural Center (), is an opera house, opera hall located at Gen. Asım Gündüz Avenue No: 29, in the Bahariye quarter of the Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was designed by Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Armenian architect Kegham KavafyanCengiz ÇandarErmeniler olmasaydı, İstanbul İstanbul olur muydu? ''Radikal'', December 10, 2010. by the order of a Deputy for Istanbul, Süreyya İlmen. It was originally established in 1927 as the first musical theatre on the Anatolian part of Istanbul. However, due to the lack of appropriate facilities and equipment at the theatre, operettas weren't staged until 2007. The venue was rather used as a movie theatre until the building underwent a functional restoration and reopened as an opera house on December 14, 2007. History Süreyya Pasha (Surname Law (Turkey), later Süreyya İlmen) started the construction of the building in 1924 to meet the need of a venue for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nâzım Hikmet
Mehmed Nâzım Ran (17 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish people, Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements".Selected poems, Nazim Hikmet translated by Ruth Christie, Richard McKane, Talat Sait Halman, Anvil press Poetry, 2002, p.9 Described as a "romantic communist"Saime Goksu, Edward Timms, ''Romantic Communist: The Life and Work of Nazim Hikmet'', St. Martin's Press, New York and a "romantic revolutionary", he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. His poetry has been translated into more than 50 languages. Family According to Nâzım Hikmet, he was of paternal Turkish and maternal German, Polish, French and Georgian descent. His mother came from a distinguished cosmopolitan family with predominantly-Circassians, Cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Catholic Church
The Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church. It accepts the papal supremacy, leadership of the bishop of Rome, and is therefore in full communion with the universal Catholic Church, including the Latin Church and the 22 other Eastern Catholic Churches. The Armenian Catholic Church is regulated by Eastern Canon law (Catholic Church), canon law, summed up in the ''Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches''. The head of the ''sui iuris'' Armenian Catholic Church is the Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia, whose main cathedral and ''de facto'' archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, in Beirut, Lebanon. Armenian Caritas is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Armenia. History The Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Church took issue with the 451 Council of Chalcedon and formally broke off communion with the Chalcedonian Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Sisters Of The Immaculate Conception
The Order of the Armenian Catholic Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Armenian: Անարատ հղության հայ քույրերի միաբանություն) is a religious order of the Catholic Church founded on 5 June 1847 in Istanbul, Turkey. It was proposed in 1843 on the initiative of Archbishop Andon Hassounian who later became Catholicos and the first cardinal of Armenian ancestry. The Sisters had, around 1900, up to 30 schools in various countries in the Middle East, including Beirut, Cairo and Aleppo, Syria. In America they operate the Armenian Sisters Academy with schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ... (1963), Boston and Los Angeles.Invisible Philadelphia: community through voluntary organizations - Page 59 Jean Barth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadıköy Bull Statue
The Kadıköy bull statue is a statue of a bull installed in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. The bull has become a mascot for the neighborhood. It was ordered by Abdülaziz in 1864 and created by French artist Rouillard in Paris. The statue has been in its current location on Altıyol Square since 1987. See also * ''Big Bull'', India * ''Charging Bull ''Charging Bull'' (sometimes referred to as the ''Bull of Wall Street'' or the ''Bowling Green Bull'') is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway just north of Bowling Green (New York City), Bowling Green in the Financ ...'' * List of public art in Istanbul References External links * Kadıköy Outdoor sculptures in Istanbul Sculptures of cattle Statues in Turkey {{Turkey-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church (, , ) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian Churches, each associated in some way with Christianity in Greece, Greek Christianity, Antiochian Greek Christians, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire. * The broader meaning refers to "the Eastern Orthodoxy, entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also called 'Eastern Orthodox', 'Greek Catholic', or generally 'the Greek Church. * A second, narrower meaning refers to "any of several Autocephaly, independent churches within the worldwide communion of Eastern Orthodox Church, (Eastern) Orthodox Christianity that retain the use of the Greek language in formal Sacred language#Christianity, ecclesiastical settings". In this sense, the Greek Orthodox Churches are the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and its dependencies, the Patriarchates of Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, Alexandria, Greek Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia
Euphemia (; 'well-spoken f), known as Euphemia the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD. According to tradition, Euphemia was martyred for refusing to offer sacrifices to Ares. She was arrested and after suffering various tortures, died in the arena at Chalcedon from a wound sustained from a bear. Her tomb became a site of pilgrimages. She is commemorated on September 16. Historical background Euphemia's name and year of death are recorded in the 5th century '' Martyrologium Hieronymianum'', the earliest extant list of Christian martyrs. The year, 303, was the first year of the Great Persecution under Roman emperor Diocletian. The '' Fasti vindobonenses'', a collection of liturgical documents from the 4th to 6th centuries, says she died on the 16th of October. Other than this, there is no verifiable historical information about Euphemia. Egeria, who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381-384 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
