Kulaksız, Beyoğlu

Kulaksız is a neighborhood (mahalle) in the Beyoğlu District of Istanbul, Turkey. Its population is 9,706 (2019).[1] Much of the neighborhood's land is taken up by the large Kulaksız and Zindan Arkası Cemeteries and the smaller Eminefendi Cemetery.[2]

The neighborhood is bordered on the north by the Keçeci Piri neighborhood, on the east by the Kaptanpaşa and Küçük Piyale neighborhoods, on the south by the Kadı Mehmet and Camiikebir neighborhoods, and on the west by the Camiikebir and Keçeci Piri neighborhoods.[3]

Name

The neighborhood's name means literally "earless" (Turkish: kulak + -siz).

According to one report, Kulaksız is a corruption of Kul haksız (literally, "The slave (of the sultan) is unjust"). Hüseyin Ayvansarayî wrote that once when Mehmed II was in Okmeydanı, his soldiers went looking for water. In the neighborhood now known as Kulaksız, they got into a conflict with the local people, who nevertheless told them of a water source under a mosque now known as İbâdullah where the soldiers were able to fill their water vessels. Then it was said that "the slave is unjust."[4]

Notable features

  • Kulaksız Cemetery
  • Zindan Arkası Cemetery
  • Haşimi Emir Osman Mosque, apparently built as a zâviye (Sufi lodge), later turned into a mosque [5]
  • Tomb of Haşimi Emir Osman, sheikh of the Bayrami order and poet (1513-1595) [6]
  • Eminefendi Cemetery
  • Seferikoz Mosque
  • Seyit Ali Mosque

References

  1. ^ "Mahalle Karnesi [Kulaksız]" (PDF). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Mahalleler". Beyoğlu Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Mahalleler". Beyoğlu Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  4. ^ Tanışık, İbrahim Hilmi (2023). İstanbul Camileri (PDF) (in Turkish). Vol. 2. İstanbul: Üsküdar Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları. p. 115. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  5. ^ Uzun, Mustafa İsmet (1997). "Hâşimî Emir Osman Efendi". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. İstanbul: TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  6. ^ Uzun, Mustafa İsmet (1997). "Hâşimî Emir Osman Efendi". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. İstanbul: TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
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