Balıklı, Istanbul
Balıklı (, pr. "Baluklí") is a quarter in Istanbul, Turkey. It belongs to the Zeytinburnu district, and is part of the Kazlıçeşme neighborhood. It is located along the Marmara Sea, and borders Istanbul's walled city on the east, between the gates of Yedikule and Silivri. Before the rapid increase of Istanbul's population in the 1970s, Balıklı was a rural quarter. The name of the quarter ("balikli" in Turkish means "with fish", "place where there are fishes") comes from the fishes present in the fountain of holy water (, "hagiasma", whence ) situated now in the complex of the Church  of St. Mary of the Spring, an important Eastern Orthodox sanctuary. In the Byzantine Period it was known as "Pege" (, meaning "Spring") per antonomasia, always because of the same source. The quarter is characterized by the presence of several Muslim, Eastern Orthodox and Armenian cemeteries, which until now give to it a country-like character. About one kilometer south of the church of St. Mary an important Greek hospital, the "Balikli Rum Hastanesi Vakf" (“Balikli Greek Hospital Foundation”) and an Armenian Hospital, the "Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi" are active.