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Zeyrek

Coordinates: 41°1′11″N 28°57′26″E / 41.01972°N 28.95722°E / 41.01972; 28.95722
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41°1′11″N 28°57′26″E / 41.01972°N 28.95722°E / 41.01972; 28.95722

Clothes drying in ruins of a wooden house
Old houses on Ibadethane Sk.

Zeyrek is a neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. It overlooks the Golden Horn, and got its name from the Mosque of Zeyrek.[1] It hosts also several Byzantine cisterns and the little Şeyh Süleyman Mosque, also of Byzantine origin.[2] It is a picturesque but poor neighborhood.

The center of Zeyrek is on the World Heritage list as part of the Historic Areas of Istanbul, the World Heritage Site.

Notes

  1. ^ Eyice (1955), p. 59
  2. ^ Müller-Wiener (1976), p. 202

References

  • Eyice, Semavi (1955). Istanbul. Petite Guide a travers les Monuments Byzantins et Turcs (in French). Istanbul: Istanbul Matbaası.*
  • Müller-Wiener, Wolfgang (1977). Bildlexikon zur Topographie Istanbuls: Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul bis zum Beginn d. 17 Jh (in German). Tübingen: Wasmuth. ISBN 978-3-8030-1022-3.*

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