The settlement in the area began in the 16th century and became a prestigious place of residence in the 19th century . The '' Köybaşı Caddesi '' ( Köybaşı Avenue ) runs through the neighbourhood close to the Bosphorus shoreline . Yeniköy was until the 1955 Istanbul pogrom a neighbourhood with a considerable Greek population as well as Armenian and Jewish communities . The Surp Asdvadzadzin Armenian church and the Yeniköy Synagogue survive to this day
Istanbul pogrom
Istanbul pogrom
Yeniköy, Sarıyer