Istanbul Street Named After A Greek Doctor

[Alexandros]

Istanbul Street Named After A Greek Doctor


In the Yeşilköy neighborhood of Istanbul, a street was named after a Greek citizen, Konstantin Kalangos, a dedicated doctor of the neighborhood for 65 years, who died four years ago.

Bia news center - İstanbul

25-12-2008

The Bakırköy Municipality in Istanbul named one of its streets in the neighborhood of Yeşilköy after Konstantin Kalangos, a Greek doctor who worked in the neighborhood for decades. The name of the Çardaklı Street became Dr. Kalangos Street.

Dr. Kalangos, who died four years ago at the age of 83, was known as Yeşilköy’s “Lokman Hekim” (a folk term for someone who treats every kind of disease).


Erzen: We are very proud

Bakırköy Mayor Ateş Ünal Erzen said that Dr. Kalangos was known as "Dr. Konstantin Kalangos who treats everything" not only in his own neighborhood, but in the surrounding neighborhoods as well:

“Dr. Kalangos did his profession for 65 years, with an amateur’s enthusiasm. He was a friend of poor and broke. We are proud to have his legacy live in Bakırköy. Moreover, this ceremony is indicative of the cultural mosaic that exists in Bakırköy. Ethnic origin is every citizen’s honor. The important thing is the ability of all the ethnic origins to live together.”


“My father would not only treat the sick”

Dr. Kalangos’ son, Dr. Akhsentios Duri Kalangos, a doctor in Switzerland, who was at the ceremony as well, said he was very happy. He hopes that this will not stay as an exception.

“My father would not only treat the sick. He would buy the medicine of those who could not afford. He respected human because they were humans and would teach this to others. He taught these to me, too.” (TK/TB)

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[hitite]

Have you been to Yeşiköy Alex? I love it there. This year in May I was reading an article written by a Greek woman who came back to Istanbul after many years and came to Yesilkoy to find that it had changed somewhat. "But" she said "the Yeşiköy Aile Pansiyonu was still there". Baaamm.. at the same time I was reading that article I was lookng for a hotel to stay in and they were all full so I called the place and they had room. It was a very old mansion turned into a pansiyon, Excellent. The owner was an old Jewish man, Isaac amca... He told us a lot of stories about the place. The Nazi Germans spies had used the place for a while, all these interesting people that stayed there etc.

On the wall was a picture of a man on the moon and it had an autograph and when I asked him about it he told me that Neil Armstrong had stayed there 3 times !!! I was very surprised and he told me "yes he came 3 times looking for Noahs Ark"... I had heard about that but him staying there was really strange and very nice to hear.

If anybody needs to stay in Istanbul for a few days you should all stay there instead of the other fancy hotels. It is just by the sea and walking distance to a superb raki-fish street bustling with Turkish and Greek music. I'm glad that kind of place still exiss in the city. But be ready for NO luxury and a VERY OLD place at the pansiyon. It was clean though and extremely cheap

[ardakilic]

What is its name hitite? I am from Bakirkoy because.

[hitite]

Its called "Yeşilköy Aile Pansiyonu"

[phantom]

Arda, I'm from Bakirkoy too!

That pensiyon sounds like a great place! My dad lives in Yesilkoy, and it's a wonderful town.

[ardakilic]

Arda, I'm from Bakirkoy too!

Oooh, what a world! It should be a miracle.

[Gavur]

I spent some sommers as a kid in my aunts home in Bakirkoy by the lunapark that used to come summers to the beach.I remember loving to go the enclosed womans swimming area a lot!

[Alexandros]

Have you been to Yeşiköy Alex? I love it there. This year in May I was reading an article written by a Greek woman who came back to Istanbul after many years and came to Yesilkoy to find that it had changed somewhat. "But" she said "the Yeşiköy Aile Pansiyonu was still there". Baaamm.. at the same time I was reading that article I was lookng for a hotel to stay in and they were all full so I called the place and they had room. It was a very old mansion turned into a pansiyon, Excellent. The owner was an old Jewish man, Isaac amca... He told us a lot of stories about the place. The Nazi Germans spies had used the place for a while, all these interesting people that stayed there etc.

On the wall was a picture of a man on the moon and it had an autograph and when I asked him about it he told me that Neil Armstrong had stayed there 3 times !!! I was very surprised and he told me "yes he came 3 times looking for Noahs Ark"... I had heard about that but him staying there was really strange and very nice to hear.

If anybody needs to stay in Istanbul for a few days you should all stay there instead of the other fancy hotels. It is just by the sea and walking distance to a superb raki-fish street bustling with Turkish and Greek music. I'm glad that kind of place still exiss in the city. But be ready for NO luxury and a VERY OLD place at the pansiyon. It was clean though and extremely cheap

I haven`t.To be honest I haven`t been to Turkey at all.Would love to visit Turkey some time.Especially Istanbul but also my forefathers places in northern Turkey and other places in Turkey...