Bulgurlu, Üsküdar

Bulgurlu is neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey.

Küçük Çamlıca Hill, one of the most important recreation areas of Istanbul, is also in this neighborhood.

[4] The name of Bulgurlu, which is also mentioned as Burkullu, Burgulu, Burkurlu and Burgurlu in the sources, the claim that its name came from Bulgarian immigrants who settled in the region after April uprising of 1876 was not widely accepted.

[5] The name of the district, which was engaged in farming in the 16th century, must have derived from bulgur.

On the other hand, historians such as Reşat Ekrem Koçu claim that the real name of Küçük Çamlıca Hill is Bulgurlu Mountain and the name Küçük Çamlıca was given to the hill later.

Bulgurlu, Üsküdar (From The Beauties of the Bosphorus, published in London in 1838)