Kuzguncuk

Kuzguncuk

side. In Kuzguncuk, an Armenian church sits next to a synagogue, and on the other side of the road a Greek Orthodox church is found beside a mosque. There is a Jewish cemetery in this quarter. After the establishment of Israel, the Jewish population, once a majority, in Kuzguncuk decreased to the current low levels.

It is a quiet town with a lot of old houses. The police station in Kuzguncuk was moved due to low crime statistics.

Many TV series in Turkey have been filmed in Kuzguncuk.

Notable people

* Can Yücel
* Hülya Koçyiğit
* Uğur Yücel
* Oktay Rifat

ee also

* Balat
* Karataş, İzmir
* Aliyah


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