Talk:Kadıköy
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[edit] The name?
Kadıköy looks like a Turkification of Khalkedon rather than a name arising from the presence of a court or judge here. Does anyone know any background to the name? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Istanbuljohnm (talk • contribs) 16:45, 5 October 2006.
Answer:
Some of the cities' names in Turkey can look like the old names of that cities. Their new names ( Seljuks, Ottoman and Turkey ) and their old names ( Byzantine, Hittits, Avars ) are so similar. But most of them are not just an adaptation from language to language. Khalkedon ( We, Turks say Kalkedon ) looks so similar with Kadıköy. But Kadıköy has a meaning. "Kadı" means judge. Kadıköy is the village that one of the first judges of Turks live in. And "Köy" means Village.
So "Kadıköy" is Kadı + Köy. The village of the judge.
But it may be not wrong to say that names of the new cities are similar to the old names. New people in a place hear the name of the city in a foreign language. And try to give a meanful name.
If I could help some, I'll be very pleased. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Onur Kırcaoğlu (talk • contribs) 22:49, 17 November 2006.
