Balıklı is a neighborhood of Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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. It belongs to the Zeytinburnu

Zeytinburnu

Zeytinburnu is a working class neighbourhood, municipality and district on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, on the shore of the Marmara Sea just outside the walls of the ancient city, beyond the fortress of Yedikule...

 municipality (belediye) , and is part of the Kazlıçeşme Mahalle

Mahalle

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It is located along the Marmara Sea, and borders Istanbul's walled

Walls of Constantinople

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 city on the E side, between the gates of Yedikule

Yedikule

Yedikule or Heptapyrgion can refer to:* the Yedikule Fortress in Istanbul, Turkey.* the Yedikule neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey, where the fortress is located, part of the district of Fatih....

 and Silivri

Silivri

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. Before the rapid increase of Istanbul's population in the 1970s, Balıklı was a rural neighborhood. The name of the quarter (balikli in Turkish means "with fish", "place where there are fishes") comes from the fishes present in the fountain of holy water

Holy water in Eastern Christianity

Among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern-Rite Catholic Christians, holy water is used frequently in rites of blessing and exorcism, and the water for baptism is always sanctified with a special blessing....

  situated now in the complex of the Church of St. Mary of the Spring

Church of St. Mary of the Spring (Istanbul)

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, an important Eastern Orthodox sanctuary. In the Byzantine

Byzantine

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 Period it was known as Pege , always because the same source. The neighborhood is characterized by the presence of several Muslim, Eastern Orthodox

Eastern Orthodox Church

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 and Armenia

Armenia

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n cemeteries, which until now give to it a country-like character. About one kilometer south of the church of St. Mary an important Greek hospital, the Balikli Rum Hastanesi Vakf (“Balikli Greek Hospital Foundation”) and an Armenian

Armenians

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Hospital, the Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi are active.

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