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22-470: The board of directors is currently chaired by Semahat Arsel, the eldest daughter of Vehbi Koç. Executive committee's president is Suna Koç, another daughter. Erdal Yıldırım is the managing director of the foundation. The headquarters of the foundation is located at Nakkaştepe in Kuzguncuk , Istanbul . The Vehbi Koç Foundation established Koç University , Koç School and many Koç elementary schools across

44-623: A large community (around 25% of the population) of Christian Pontic Greeks remained throughout the Pontus area (including Trabzon and Kars in northeastern Turkey/the Russian Caucasus) until the 1920s, and in parts of Georgia and Armenia until the 2010s, preserving their own customs and dialect of Greek , the vast majority have since left, mainly to Greece. However, most Muslim Pontic Greeks remained in Turkey. The Black Sea region has

66-429: A natural film set. Since the shooting of the popular TV comedy series Perihan Abla in the mid-1980s, Kuzguncuk became a favorite film set for several other TV series and commercials. The residents, however, are not pleased with the continuous discomfort caused by the shootings day and night. Black Sea Region The Black Sea region ( Turkish : Karadeniz Bölgesi ) (sometimes referred to as Pontus or Pontos)

88-475: A steep, rocky coast with rivers that cascade through the gorges of the coastal ranges. A few larger rivers, those cutting back through the Pontic Mountains (Doğu Karadeniz Dağları), have tributaries that flow in broad, elevated basins. Access inland from the coast is limited to a few narrow valleys because mountain ridges, with elevations of 1,525 to 1,800 meters in the west and 3,000 to 4,000 meters in

110-723: Is a geographical region of Turkey . The largest city in the region is Samsun . Other big cities are Zonguldak , Trabzon , Ordu , Tokat , Giresun , Rize , Amasya and Sinop . It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the south, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the southeast, the Republic of Georgia to the northeast, and the Black Sea to

132-636: Is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar , Istanbul Province , Turkey . Its population is 4,151 (2022). It is on the Asian side of the Bosphorus . The neighborhood is centered on a valley opening to the Bosphorus and is somewhat isolated from the main part of the city, being surrounded by nature preserves, cemeteries, and a military installation. It is a quiet neighborhood with streets lined with antique Ottoman wooden houses. Kuzguncuk

154-492: Is bordered on the north by Beylerbeyi , on the east by Burhaniye , on the south by İcadiye and Sultantepe , and on the west by the Bosphorus. On the other side of the Bosphorus is Beşiktaş . The Otoyol 1 highway separates the neighborhood from Burhaniye. The word kuzguncuk means "little raven" or "barred window of a prison door" in Turkish . The name is said to have come from a holy person named Kuzgun Baba, who lived in

176-553: The Ottoman Empire in the late 15th century were among the settlers in the neighbourhood. As voluntary immigrants, they had more freedom concerning their place of residence, and many left the traditional Jewish quarters of Istanbul such as Balat for villages along the Bosphorus such as Kuzguncuk. The earliest evidence of Jewish presence in the neighborhood is a tombstone dated 1562. Armenians began settling in Kuzguncuk in

198-501: The 1840s). The Nakkaştepe Jewish Cemetery is also in Kuzguncuk. Churches of Kuzguncuk include Surp Krikor Lusavoriç (Saint Gregory the Illuminator) Armenian Church (first built 1835, rebuilt 1861), Ayios Yeorgios (Saint George) Greek Orthodox Church , Ayios Panteleimon ( Saint Pantaleon ) Greek Orthodox Church, and Ayios Ioannis (Saint John) Greek Orthodox Sanctuary (an Ayazma or holy spring). There

220-638: The 18th century and had become a sizable group by the 19th century. Ottoman records show an 1834 request that their nighttime religious services be allowed to continue without interference. In 1835, their first church was built. After the establishment of Israel , the Jewish population, once sizable in Kuzguncuk, decreased rapidly. The pogrom of 1955 caused the emigration of many members of Istanbul's minority groups, including Kuzguncuk's Greeks and Armenians. There are very few non-Muslims left today. This exodus opened up housing to migrants from Anatolia , changing

242-586: The Black Sea region, especially the Zonguldak area, is a center of coal mining and heavy industry . The North Anatolian Mountains in the north are an interrupted chain of folded highlands that generally parallel the Black Sea coast. In the west, the mountains tend to be low, with elevations rarely exceeding 1,500 meters, but they rise in an easterly direction to heights greater than 3,000 meters south of Rize. Lengthy, trough-like valleys and basins characterize

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264-473: The area during the time of Sultan Mehmet II or from the corruption of a previous name, Kozinitza. During Byzantine times, this area may have been called Khrysokeramos ( Hrisokeramos ), meaning "golden tile", because of a church here with a gilded roof. Around 553, Narses had a church built here dedicated to the Virgin Mary . Jews, who were expelled from Spain and Portugal and accepted into

286-443: The coast, summers are warm and humid, and winters are cool and damp. The eastern part of the coast averages 2,500 millimeters annually which is the highest precipitation in the country. Snowfall is quite common between the months of December and March, snowing for a week or two, and it can be heavy once it snows. The water temperature in the whole Turkish Black Sea coast is always cool and fluctuates between 8° and 20 °C throughout

308-552: The country, and a number of hospitals as well. The Vehbi Koç Foundation already runs various museums across Istanbul, including Arter , a contemporary art exhibition space, which opened in 2010. This four-storey space housed in an historic building on İstiklal Avenue is owned by Ömer Koç, the vice chairman of Koç Holding. The Sadberk Hanım Museum , based at the Azaryan Mansion in Istanbul’s northern Sariyer district, houses

330-482: The east in Kaçkar Mountains , form an almost unbroken wall separating the coast from the interior. The higher slopes facing northwest tend to be densely forested. Because of these natural conditions, the Black Sea coast historically has been isolated from Anatolia . The mild, damp oceanic climate of the Black Sea coast makes commercial farming profitable. Running from Zonguldak in the west to Rize in

352-553: The east, the narrow coastal strip widens at several places into fertile, intensely cultivated deltas. The Samsun area, close to the midpoint, is a major tobacco -growing region; east of it are numerous citrus groves. East of Samsun, the area around Giresun is known for the production of hazelnuts , and farther east the Rize region has numerous tea plantations. All cultivable areas, including mountain slopes wherever they are not too steep, are sown or used as pasture. The western part of

374-580: The ethnic composition of Istanbul's neighborhoods. Most of the new residents of Kuzguncuk came from the Black Sea Region . By the end of the 20th century, 15% of neighborhood residents were from İnebolu , 15% from Rize , 10% from Trabzon , 10% from Tokat , 10% from Kars , and 10% from Sivas . There are currently two synagogues in Kuzguncuk: Bet Yaakov Synagogue (built 1878) and Bet Nissim Synagogue (built in

396-464: The mountains. Rivers flow from the mountains toward the Black Sea . The southern slopes—facing the Anatolian Plateau—are mostly unwooded, but the northern slopes contain dense growths of both deciduous and evergreen trees. Most of the Black Sea region has a borderline humid subtropical and oceanic ( Köppen : Cfa / Cfb ) climate; with high and evenly distributed rainfall the year round. At

418-610: The north. Provinces that are entirely in the Black Sea Region: Provinces that are mostly in the Black Sea Region: Provinces that are partially in the Black Sea Region: The Black Sea region's population is 8,439,213 based on the 2010 census. 4,137,166 people live in cities and 4,301,747 people in villages. This makes it the only one of the seven regions of Turkey in which more people live in rural rather than urban areas. Though

440-502: The overwhelming majority is Turkish, the east of the region is also inhabited by the Laz , a people who speak a Kartvelian language which is closely related to Georgian and converted to Islam from Georgian Orthodoxy in the late Ottoman period as well as Muslim Georgians , also the Hemsin , Armenian converts to Islam, and Pontic Greeks , who converted to Islam in the 17th century. While

462-556: The private collection of Sadberk Koç, the wife of Vehbi Koç. The most recent major cultural project of the Vehbi Koç Foundation is the establishment of a contemporary art museum scheduled to be opened at the end of 2017 in Istanbul’s Dolapdere district, close to the city center. This article about an organisation in Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kuzguncuk Kuzguncuk

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484-628: Was no mosque in the center of the neighborhood until 1952, when the Kuzguncuk Mosque was built in the courtyard of the Armenian church (with building funds that included donations from the Armenian congregation). The Üryanizade Mosque along the shore on the northern edge of the neighborhood was built as a Mescit (small mosque) in 1860. The place with its historical mansions, churches, synagogues and mosques, cobblestone paved streets, plane trees and vegetable gardens, attracts film makers as

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