Hacımimi
Hacımimi is a neighborhood (mahalle) in the Beyoğlu District of Istanbul, Turkey. Its population is 1230, and its surface area is 9.2 hectares. The neighborhood is located on a slope descending toward the Bosporus, with streets arranged more or less in a grid. The neighborhood contains many historic structures.[1]
The neighborhood is bordered on the north by the Şahkulu and Tomtom neighborhoods, on the east by the Firuzağa neighborhood, on the south by the Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa neighborhood, and on the west by the Müeyyedzade neighborhood. The neighborhood lies within the larger quarter (semt) of Tophane.[2]
Name
The neighborhood takes its name from the Hacımimi Mosque, built by El Hac Mehmet Çelebi (Hacı Mimi).[3]
Historic sites
- Karabaş Mustafa Ağa Mosque, built in the 16th century by Babüssaade Ağası Karabaş Mustafa, rebuilt in 1957 (or 1961-62) [4]
- Hacımimi Mosque, built in the 16th century by El Hac Mehmet Çelebi (Hacı Mimi), rebuilt in 1959 [5]
- Crimean Memorial Church, an Anglican church, construction begun in 1858 [6]
- Getronagan Armenian High School, opened as a school for Ottoman Armenian boys in 1886 [7]
- Doğan Apartment Building, constructed probably between 1892 and 1894-95 in a "neo-baroque" style, with "comfortable" features, reportedly on the site of an old "Karim" (Karaite Jewish) cemetery [8]
- Galata Greek School, opened as a school for Ottoman Greek children in 1910, officially closed as a school in 2015, restored and opened as a cultural center in 2023 [9]
- St. John Turkish Orthodox Church
- Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Galata (Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Armenian Church)
Other important features
- Kemeraltı Avenue, a wide street running southwest to northeast through the neighborhood; named after the arch of a monastery next to St. Benoit Church that spanned the street until a fire in 1771 (literally in Turkish: kemer, "arch" + alt, "under") [10]
- Tophane Park
References
- ^ "Beyoğlu Mahalle Künyeleri: Hacımimi". İstanbul Senin, Beyoğlu Senin (in Turkish). Şehir Planlama Müdürlüğü, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Mahalleler". Beyoğlu Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Hacı Mimi Camii". Dijital İstanbul (in Turkish). T.C. İstanbul Valiliği. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Karabaş Mustafa Ağa Camii". Dijital İstanbul (in Turkish). T.C. İstanbul Valiliği. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Hacı Mimi Camii". Dijital İstanbul (in Turkish). T.C. İstanbul Valiliği. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Christ Church (Crimean Memorial Church)". Cornucopia Magazine. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ "Tarihçe". Özel Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Meyer-Schlichtmann, C. (1992). Prusya Elçiliğinden Doğan Apartmanı'na: İstanbul-Beyoğlu'ndaki Bir Binayla Arsanın 130 Yıllık Tarihi (PDF). İstanbul: İstanbul Kitaplığı. pp. 46–48. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ^ "İstanbul'a Yeni Bir Kültür Mekânı: Galata Rum Okulu". Bianet (in Turkish). İstanbul: IPS İletişim Vakfı - Bağımsız İletişim Ağı. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Küçük, Sezgi Giray (2012). Karaköy-Kemeraltı Bölgesinin 20. Yüzyıl Başından Günümüze Gelişimi, Koruma Sorunları ve Öneriler (master's thesis). İstanbul: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi. p. 7. Retrieved 8 November 2025.