Cağaloğlu is a quarter located in the
Fatih district of
Istanbul, Turkey. Much of the
publishing industry in Istanbul is located in Cağaloğlu. It is also famous for its ancient
hamam, or Turkish bath, known as the
Cağaloğlu Hamam.
Name
The quarter gets its name from
Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (
Turkish: Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Paşa; c. 1545–1605), an
Ottomanadmiral and
statesman of
Genoese descent, as well as a member of the influential Cicala family of
Genoa. The original name Cigalaoğlu (meaning "of the Cigala (Cicala) family", or literally "Cigala-son" as a
Turkified surname) eventually turned into Cağaloğlu through the course of centuries.