Fikirtepe, Kadıköy

Fikirtepe is a neighborhood (mahalle) in the district of Kadıköy, on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey.

Fikirtepe is built over one of the oldest settlement areas of Istanbul, dating back to the Neolithic.

[3][4] Namık Kemal used a variation of the legend in speaking of the intellectual meetings held by Young Ottomans at the mansion of Crown Prince Murat: "A saint is said to have lived in this neighborhood centuries ago.

[9] In the 1950s, many people from rural Turkey began migrating to Istanbul and building shanties (gecekondu) in the area.

In the 1980s, municipal services such as roads, water lines, and electricity were brought to the area, and many of the shanties were demolished and replaced with multistory concrete apartment buildings.