Küçükbakkalköy
Küçükbakkalköy is a neighborhood in the municipality of Ataşehir on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. The name Küçükbakkalköy means "little grocery village." The name is said to come from the market held in the Greek village that formerly existed there. [1]
The neighborhood is said to date from Byzantine times, with the neighborhood's Acısu Çeşmesi ("bitter water fountain") thought to be part of an old ayazma.[2]
Küçükbakkalköy is one of the historic Romani (Gypsy) neighborhoods of Istanbul, along with Sulukule, Selamsız, Çürüklük, Tophane, Çayırboyu, and Lonca. In 2006, there were reported to be 240 Romani households in the neighborhood. [3]