Cağaloğlu
Cağaloğlu is a quarter located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Much of the publishing industry in Istanbul is located in Cağaloğlu. It is also famous for its ancient hamam, or Turkish bath, known as the Cağaloğlu Hamam.
Name
The quarter gets its name from Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (Turkish: Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Paşa; c. 1545–1605), an Ottoman admiral and statesman of Genoese descent, as well as a member of the influential Cicala family of Genoa. The original name Cigalaoğlu (meaning "of the Cigala (Cicala) family", or literally "Cigala-son" as a Turkified surname) eventually turned into Cağaloğlu through the course of centuries.
References
41°00′46″N 28°58′31″E / 41.01278°N 28.97528°E
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- ^ Belge, Murat (1993). İstanbul Gezi Rehberi (in Turkish). Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-333-002-2. Retrieved 2008-11-22.