Salacak

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.

Salacak
Neighbourhood
Panorama of the Salacak neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 41°01′14″N 29°00′33″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Istanbul
District	Üsküdar
Population  (2022)	9,522
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

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.