Salacak
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Salacak | |
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 Panorama of the Salacak neighbourhood | |
  Salacak Location in Turkey  Salacak Salacak (Istanbul) | |
| Coordinates: 41°01′14″N 29°00′33″E / 41.02056°N 29.00917°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Istanbul |
| District | Üsküdar |
| Population (2022) | 9,522 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Salacak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 9,522 (2022).[2] 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,"[3] but the name is reported to come from sala meaning "village" (language unspecified) with the Turkish suffix -cık, "small."[4]
The neighborhood's best-known landmark is the Maiden's Tower (Kız Kulesi), just offshore from Salacak in the Bosporus.
