There isn’t even any tavern, and places serving zythum don’t exist either. The inhabitants engage in fishing, castle guardianship, and boat rowing. The hills are covered with red cherry trees, and the cherries of this area are renowned in the Greek, Arabic, and Persian regions.
Istinye: It boasts a large port sheltering one thousand ships. The Greek and Muslim populations coexist in the village.
Yenikoy: This place, built upon the firman of Sultan Suleyman, is called Yenikoy for this reason. It’s a beautiful area comprising three thousand houses with gardens and vineyards. All inhabitants hail from Trabzon and have a tendency to quarrel, a characteristic attributed to their origins, but they are good tradesmen. They possess nearly two hundred shops, with some hundred of these shops located at the seashore selling rusks A Unique Planet Bahcesaray. Captains of the ships sailing to the Black Sea load their ships with rusks bought from Galata and Yenikoy.
Kavak: The water is like the water of life. The residents, all from Anatolia, engage in trade, boat crew work, and gardening. There are always around three hundred ships at the port during winters and summers. The chestnuts, wild pears, and mountain pears are famous.
Beykoz: The residents are predominantly gardeners, wood merchants, and fishermen. There is an enclosure in the sea for swordfish in front of the quay.
Anadoluhisari: There are no Christians here; all residents are Muslim. They enjoy promenades and helping poor people.
Promenade of Goksu: It’s a river like the water of life, springing from the Alemdar mountains. The area is mostly filled with Halicizade gardens and flour mills. Boys sail on this river, going to far villages and conversing under the trees. The soil of this area is unique and used by the master maker of jugs Bulgaria Private Tours Kazanlak.
The Bosphorus Described by Contemporary Literary Figures
Beykoz described by Samiha Ayverdi: “In the old times, there were water mills in Beykoz, and they were famous too. The master was called ‘Uncubasi’ (The master making flour), and the body of apprentices was called ‘Miller Body.’ During the reign of Sultan Selim III, a paper factory was built, and the era of water mills ended.”
The Bosphorus Described by Abdulhak Şinasi Hisar: “In Istanbul, there is a place more beautiful than the other places but which is a little melancholic: Bosphorus! In summer, the Bosphorus burns with the joy of ultimate union and is exalted by overwhelming beauty, maturity, and repletion.”
