Architecture
Yeldeğirmeni
Kadıköy, İstanbul
A historic neighborhood behind Haydarpaşa Station, with late-19th–early-20th-century apartment buildings, churches and murals.
Its story
The neighborhood takes its name from the windmills (yel değirmeni) that stood here in the 17th century. At the end of the 19th century, with the construction of the Haydarpaşa railway, it turned into a planned settlement where railway workers and various communities settled. Its streets feature Art Nouveau and eclectic-style apartment buildings, places of worship such as Aya Triada and Surp Levon, and the Kadıköy Yeldeğirmeni Art Center, converted from the Notre Dame du Rosaire church. Large murals painted in the 2010s became the neighborhood's new landmarks.
Key facts
- Admission
- Free
- Getting there
- 5–10 minute walk from Kadıköy pier
- Visit duration
- 1–1.5 hours
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
- Hiking
Location
40.99639, 29.02667
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelde%C4%9Firmeni%2C_Kad%C4%B1k%C3%B6y