{{Short description|Neighbourhood in Istanbul, Turkey}} {{Infobox Turkey place | type = neighbourhood | province = Istanbul | district = Üsküdar | name = Salacak | population_total = 9522 | population_as_of = 2022 | coordinates = {{coord|41|01|14|N|29|00|33|E|display=it|region:TR_type:city}} | image_skyline = Salacak, Istanbul 01.jpg | image_caption = Panorama of the Salacak neighbourhood }} '''Salacak''' is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey.<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> Its population is 9,522 (2022).<ref>{{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}}</ref> It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, to the south of the historic center of Üsküdar.
The word ''salacak'' means "bench for washing a corpse,"<ref>Türk Dil Kurumu. ''Büyük Türkçe Sözlük''. URL: {{cite web |url=http://tdkterim.gov.tr/bts/?kategori=verilst&kelime=salacak |title=.:: Türk Dil Kurumu - Büyük Türkçe Sözlük :: |accessdate=2009-10-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724104539/http://tdkterim.gov.tr/bts/?kategori=verilst&kelime=salacak |archivedate=2011-07-24 }} Retrieved 23 October 2009.</ref> but the name is reported to come from ''sala'' meaning "village" (language unspecified) with the Turkish suffix ''-cık'', "small."<ref>Hürel, page 272.</ref>
The neighborhood's best-known landmark is the Maiden's Tower (Kız Kulesi), just offshore from Salacak in the Bosporus.
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==References== ; Printed sources {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Hürel|first=Haldun |title=Semtleri, Mahalleri, Caddeleri ve Sokakları A'dan Z'ye İstanbul'un Alfabetik Öyküsü |year=2008|publisher=İkarus |isbn=978-975-999-290-3}} {{refend}}
==External links== * [http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6833 Miscellaneous images of Salacak]
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