Karadolap is a neighborhood (''

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'') in the district of

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. Its population is 27,766 (2019). Karadolap is bordered on the north and northeast by the Eyüpsultan neighborhoods of Akşemsettin and Çırçır; on the east, southeast, and south by the Eyüpsultan neighborhoods of Alibeyköy and Esentepe and the

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neighborhoods of Yıldıztabya and

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; and on the west by the Eyüpsultan neighborhood of

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Name

The area is sometimes called the Saya Yolu or Saya Yokuşu neighborhood because of Saya Yolu Caddesi (Saya Road Avenue), which forms part of the northern boundary of the neighborhood, and Saya Yokuşu (Saya Slope), a street that runs uphill toward the center of the neighborhood. The name Karadolap means literally "black cabinet" (

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: ''

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'' + '' dolap'').

Composition

Karadolap has a large number of shanties (''

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''). The neighborhood was settled "organically" around a hill by

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s and other

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from

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and later by internal migrants from

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, especially from

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and

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. The hilltop now features a public park with a football (soccer) field and an elementary school. The neighborhood is slowly undergoing

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, with gecekondus being replaced by large apartment buildings.

History

The area was first settled in the early 1920s by

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from Macedonia. Settlement increased in the 1950s and 60s as Albanians from

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joined their compatriots. Karadolap was attractive for newcomers because of public lands that were available for ''gecekondu''s and because of factories that were being established nearby along the

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. As the state began to see land near the

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and Golden Horn as more suitable for upper-class residence, starting in the mid-1990s and increasing after the 2004 elections, residents were pressured or forced to leave, sometimes with

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and demolitions, often with the excuse of "flood risk." Residents often resisted expulsion and were sometimes successful.

Organizations

Organizations based in Karadolap include * Pir Sultan Abdal Kültür Derneği Eyüp Şubesi (the Eyüp Chapter of the

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Cultural Association), which administers the Alibeyköy

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in Karadolap * Karadolap Gençlik Spor (Karadolap Youth Sports) * Çağdaş Erzurum Hınıs Tekman Köy Dernekleri Federasyonu (the Federation of Modern Erzurum

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Village Associations) * Üsküp Brezalılar Derneği (the Association of People from

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Brezë)

References

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