Balıklı, Istanbul

It is located along the Marmara Sea, and borders Istanbul's walled city on the east, between the gates of Yedikule and Silivri.

Before the rapid increase of Istanbul's population in the 1970s, Balıklı was a rural quarter.

In the Byzantine Period it was known as Pege (Greek: Πηγή, meaning "Spring") per antonomasia, always because of the same source.

[2] The quarter is characterized by the presence of several Muslim, Eastern Orthodox and Armenian cemeteries, which until now give to it a country-like character.

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