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Salacak
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Panorama of the Salacak neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 41°01′14″N 29°00′33″E / 41.02056°N 29.00917°E / 41.02056; 29.00917
Country	Turkey
Province	Istanbul
District	Üsküdar
Population	9,522
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Salacak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 9,522 (2022). It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, to the south of the historic center of Üsküdar.

The word salacak means "bench for washing a corpse," but the name is reported to come from sala meaning "village" (language unspecified) with the Turkish suffix -cık, "small."

The neighborhood's best-known landmark is the Maiden's Tower (Kız Kulesi), just offshore from Salacak in the Bosporus.

Notes

1. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
3. Türk Dil Kurumu. Büyük Türkçe Sözlük. URL: ".:: Türk Dil Kurumu - Büyük Türkçe Sözlük ::". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
4. Hürel, page 272.

References

Printed sources

• Hürel, Haldun (2008). Semtleri, Mahalleri, Caddeleri ve Sokakları A'dan Z'ye İstanbul'un Alfabetik Öyküsü. İkarus. ISBN 978-975-999-290-3.

External links

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v t e Üsküdar (Scutari), Istanbul
Neighbourhoods	Acıbadem Ahmediye Altunizade Aziz Mahmut Hüdayi Bahçelievler Barbaros Beylerbeyi Bulgurlu Burhaniye Çengelköy Cumhuriyet Ferah Güzeltepe İcadiye Kandilli Kirazlıtepe Kısıklı Küçük Çamlıca Küçüksu Kuleli Küplüce Kuzguncuk Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mimar Sinan Muratreis Salacak Selami Ali Selimiye Sultantepe Ünalan Valide-İ Atik Yavuztürk Zeynep Kamil
Quarters	Bağlarbaşı Çamlıca Doğancılar Fıstıkağacı Harem Nakkaştepe Paşalimanı Pazarbaşı Selamsız Vaniköy
Education	Tarabya British Schools Çengelköy Campus Üsküdar American Academy Üsküdar University
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Üsküdar	Beylerbeyi Çengelköy Harem Kandilli Kuzguncuk Salacak
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