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Cağaloğlu
Cağaloğlu is a quarter located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Much of the publishing industry in Istanbul is located in Cağaloğlu. It is also famous for its ancient hamam, or Turkish bath, known as the Cağaloğlu Hamam.
Name.
The quarter gets its name from Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (; c. 1545–1605), an Ottoman admiral and statesman of Genoese descent, as well as a member of the influential "Cicala" family of Genoa. The original name "Cigalaoğlu" (meaning ""
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The Cağaloğlu quarter in Istanbul, a household name in Turkey for having been the equivalent of London's Fleet Street as the city's press center, and where Yusuf Sinan Pasha had constructed a palace and a hamam (Turkish bath), is named after him and carries his name to this day. The bath, known as Cağaloğlu Hamam after the Pasha, was reconstructed in 1741.
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