Arnavutköy
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Arnavutköy (meaning "Albanian village" in Turkish) is a historic neighborhood in Istanbul, famous for its wooden Ottoman mansions and fish restaurants. It is part of the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, and lies on the European side of the Bosphorus.
The population, in a publication of the Şirket-i Hayriye (Istanbul Ferryboat Company), written just before the First World War, was given as 493 Turks and Muslims in 168 households, and 5973 Greeks in 975 households. The population was predominantly Jewish for most of Arnavutköy's history, but many Jews moved away after the great Arnavutköy fire of 1877.
In history the village has been known, subsequently, as Hestai, Promotu, and Anaplus. The Byzantine church of Ayios Mihael, built by Constantine, used to be here. It was pulled down and its stones used to build the castle of Rumeli Hisarı.
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