Kozyatağı
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = neighbourhood
| province = Istanbul
| district = Kadıköy
| name = Kozyatağı
| population_total = 37743
| population_as_of = 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|40.969|29.0865|display=inline,title}}
| image_skyline = Nidakule Kozyatağı.jpg
| image_caption = Nidakule is one of the highest office buildings in Kozyatağı, Istanbul
| image_map = Kadıköy location Kozyatağı.svg
| map_caption = Location of Kozyatağı in Kadıköy
}}
Kozyatağı is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of Kadıköy, Istanbul Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its population is 37,743 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} It is bordered on the northeast by the D.100 Highway and the Ataşehir neighborhood of İçerenköy, on the southeast by the Kadıköy neighborhood of Bostancı, on the southwest by the Kadıköy neighborhood of Suadiye, and on the northwest by the Kadıköy neighborhood of 19 Mayıs.{{Cite Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kozyata%C4%9F%C4%B1,+Kad%C4%B1k%C3%B6y%2F%C4%B0stanbul/@40.9688547,29.0852033,15z/ |title=Kozyatağı, Kadıköy/İstanbul |access-date=21 February 2025}}
Name
The name of the neighborhood is said to have come from walnut trees that were once abundant in the area (Turkish: koz ("walnut") + yatak ("bed").{{cite thesis |last=Tam |first=Jale |date=1996 |title=İstanbul Kozyatağı Ferik Hacı Hüseyin Paşa Köşkü, Tarihsel Gelişimi, Koruma Sorunları ve Öneriler |trans-title=The Ferik Hacı Hüseyin Paşa Mansion in Kozyatağı, Istanbul: Historical Development, Conservation Problems, and Recommendations |url=http://dspace.yildiz.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/1/10852 |language=tr |degree=master's |location=İstanbul |publisher=Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi |access-date=21 February 2025 |page=40}}{{cite web |date=2024 |title=Koz |language=tr |url=https://www.lugatim.com/s/koz |website=Kubbealtı Lugatı |access-date=21 February 2025}}{{cite web |date=2024 |title=Yatak |url=https://www.lugatim.com/s/yatak |language=tr |website=Kubbealtı Lugatı |access-date=21 February 2025}}
History
In Ottoman times, the region that now includes Kozyatağı was made up of farms and farming villages, with a significant Turkish population. In the 19th century, even though a few mansions were built in the area, the development taking place in the neighborhoods to the south, near the Sea of Marmara, did not come to Kozyatağı. Nevertheless, the population grew enough that in 1906 Kozyatağı was separated from İçerenköy and officially established as a neighborhood on its own.{{cite thesis |last=Tam |title=İstanbul Kozyatağı Ferik Hacı Hüseyin Paşa Köşkü |url=http://dspace.yildiz.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/1/10852 |pages=13-14, 16, 40}}
With new transportation links, such as the Ankara Road (now the D.100) in the 1950s and the connection to the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in the 1980s, much construction came to the neighborhood. In 1991, Kozyatağı was split into the 19 Mayıs and Kozyatağı neighborhoods.{{cite thesis |last=Tam |title=İstanbul Kozyatağı Ferik Hacı Hüseyin Paşa Köşkü |url=http://dspace.yildiz.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/1/10852 |pages=20-21}}{{cite web |title=Tarihçe |language=tr |url=https://kozyatagi.tr.gg/Tarih%E7e.htm |website=T.C. İstanbul İli Kadıköy İlçesi Kozyatağı Mahallesi Muhtarlığı |access-date=21 February 2025}}
Notable features
Notable features of the Kozyatağı neighborhood include
- the Old Kozyatağı or Abdülhalim Mosque, built possibly in 1871, as a tekke of the Rufâi order, converted into a mosque in 1926, repaired in 1955 and 2015, now used as a Quran school for women {{cite web |last=Tanışık |first=İbrahim Hilmi |date=2023 |title=İstanbul Camileri |url=https://www.uskudar.bel.tr/userfiles/files/%C4%B0stanbul%20Camileri%202_%20Cilt-s%C4%B1k%C4%B1%C5%9Ft%C4%B1r%C4%B1lm%C4%B1%C5%9F.pdf |volume=2 |pages=452-453 |location=İstanbul |publisher= Üsküdar Belediyesi |access-date=22 February 2025 |language=tr |trans-title=Istanbul Mosques}}{{cite web |date=2024 |title=Abdülhalim Camii |url=https://kulturenvanteri.com/yer/abdulhalim-camii/#17.1/40.971503/29.095283 |website=Kültür Envanteri |language=tr |access-date=22 February 2025}}
- the Modern Kozyatağı or Mehmet Çavuş Mosque, opened in 1997 {{cite web |title=Abdülhalim Camii |url=https://kulturenvanteri.com/yer/abdulhalim-camii/#17.1/40.971503/29.095283 |website=Kültür Envanteri}}
- the Kozyatağı Culture Center, opened in 2010 {{cite web |language=tr |title=Kozyatağı Kültür Merkezi |url=https://kultursanat.kadikoy.bel.tr/tr/kultur-merkezleri/kozyatagi-kultur-merkezi |website=Kültür Sanat Portalı |publisher= Kadıköy Belediyesi |access-date=22 February 2025}}
- the Kozyatağı Metro Station, opened in 2012 (since 2024, officially known as Pegasus-Kozyatağı) {{cite news |last=Alım |first=Emre |date=2024 |title=İstanbul'u Elden Çıkarıyorlar: 'Bugün Durağı Satan Yarın Ülkeyi Satar' |trans-title=Selling Out Istanbul: 'One Who Sells a Station Today Will Sell the Country Tomorrow' |url=https://haber.sol.org.tr/haber/istanbulu-elden-cikariyorlar-bugun-duragi-satan-yarin-ulkeyi-satar-391740 |work=Sol |language=tr |access-date=22 February 2025}}
Transport
Surroundings
The area consists of mainly residential apartments along with many commercial towers and plazas. High-rise buildings are not common in the Anatolian side except Kozyatağı, Ataşehir and a few more areas. There are also many parks and green areas along with a shopping mall.