Burhaniye, Istanbul

Burhaniye is a neighborhood in the Üsküdar municipality on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Burhaniye is mostly a residential neighborhood, with few historic houses and buildings. It is bordered on the north by Beylerbeyi and Küplüce, on the east by Kısıklı, on the south by Küçük Çamlıca, and on the west by Altunizade and Kuzguncuk. The Otoyol 1 O-1 highway runs along the western border of the neighborhood.

The neighborhood was settled by refugees from the 1876 April Uprising in Bulgaria and was first known as Muhacir Köyü (Immigrant Village). The neighborhood takes its present name from the Burhaniye Mosque, built in 1902 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II for his son Burhanettin Efendi.^[1]

In addition to the Burhaniye Mosque, mosques in the neighborhood include Oğuzhan Mosque, Akabe Mosque, and Polis Evleri Mosque.

Schools in the neighborhood include Burhaniye Elementary School,^[2] Nursen Fuat Özdayı Elementary School,^[3] and the Beylerbeyi Campus of SEV Private Elementary School.^[4]

Other important neighborhood institutions include the Çamlıca German Hospital.^[5]

References

• "Çamlıca eteklerinin gözde mahallesi" (A favorite neighborhood at the foot of Çamlıca). Üsküdar: Üsküdar Belediyesi Aylık Haber Bulteni, no. 7 (October 2010), pp.14-15. URL: http://www.uskudar-bld.gov.tr/portal/bulten/bulten02.pdf Accessed 15 October 2010.
• Hürel, Haldun (2008). Semtleri, Mahalleri, Caddeleri ve Sokakları A'dan Z'ye İstanbul'un Alfabetik Öyküsü (The alphabetic story of Istanbul). İkarus. ISBN 978-975-999-290-3. 
• İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Greater Istanbul Municipality). İstanbul Şehir Rehberi (Istanbul City Guide). URL: http://sehirrehberi.ibb.gov.tr/map.aspx Accessed 15 October 2010.

1. ^ Üsküdar Belediyesi (Üsküdar Municipality). Burhaniye Mahallesi (Burhaniye Neighborhood). URL: http://www.uskudar-bld.gov.tr/portal/uskudar_/t1.jsp?PageName=mahalletarihceAyr&ID=6 Accessed 15 October 2010.
2. ^ Burhaniye İlköğretim Okulu. URL: http://www.burhaniye.meb.k12.tr/ Accessed 15 October 2010.
3. ^ Nursen Fuat Özdayı İlköğretim Okulu. URL: http://www.nfo.k12.tr/ Accessed 15 October 2010.
4. ^ Özel Üsküdar SEV İlköğretim Okulu. Yerleşim. URL: http://www.sevuskudar.k12.tr/tr/page.aspx?id=1098 Accessed 15 October 2010.
5. ^ Universal Hospitals Group. Alman Hastanesi, Çamlıca. URL: http://www.uhg.com.tr/HastanelerVeMerkezler/HastaneDetay.aspx?HastaneNo=26 Accessed 15 October 2010.

External Links

• Üsküdar Belediyesi (Üsküdar Municipality). Burhaniye (map). URL: http://www.uskudar.bel.tr/portal/rehber_/yenikrokiler/burhaniye.pdf Accessed 16 October 2010.