Salacak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its population is 9,522 (2022). 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,"Türk Dil Kurumu. Büyük Türkçe Sözlük. URL: Retrieved 23 October 2009. but the name is reported to come from sala meaning "village" (language unspecified) with the Turkish suffix -cık, "small."Hürel, page 272.
The neighborhood's best-known landmark is the Maiden's Tower (Kız Kulesi), just offshore from Salacak in the Bosporus.
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