Saraç İshak, Fatih

Saraç İshak is a neighborhood in the Fatih District of Istanbul, Turkey. Its population is 798 (2025).[1][2]

The neighborhood is located between Beyazıt and Kumkapı in the historical peninsula of Istanbul on a slope overlooking the Sea of Marmara. The neighborhood is bordered on the north by the Mimar Kemalettin neighborhood, on the east by the Mimar Hayrettin neighborhood, on the south by the Muhsine Hatun neighborhood, and on the west by the Nişanca neighborhood.[3]

Name

Saraç İshak means literally "Isaac the Saddler" (Turkish: saraç,[4] "saddler," + İshak, "Isaac"). The neighborhood name comes from the local Saraç İshak Mosque, built by Saraç İshak Çelebi (İshak bin Abdullah) around 1488.[5]

In 1546, the neighborhood name was recorded as Mahalle-i Mescid-i Hacı İshak’üs Sarrac (Neighborhood of the Mescit of Hajji İshak the Saddler).[6]

References

  1. ^ "Saraç İshak Mahallesi Nüfusu, Fatih İstanbul" [Population of the Saraç İshak Neighborhood, Fatih, Istanbul]. Türkiye Nüfusu: İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Tarihte Fatih" [Fatih in History]. Fatih Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Fatih Belediye Kent Rehberi" [Fatih Municipality City Guide]. Fatih Belediyesi Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemi (in Turkish). Fatih Belediyesi. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Saraç". Güncel Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish). Türk Dil Kurumu. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Tarihte Fatih" [Fatih in History]. Fatih Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ^ Aydoğan İşler, Nesrin (2019). "II. Bayezid Dönemi İstanbul Camilerinde Mihrap" [The Mihrab in Istanbul Mosques of the Bayezid II Era]. AHBV Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi (in Turkish) (1): 69. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
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