Aya Nikola Greek Orthodox Church
Changes After Construction:
- The older Aya Nikolaos church in Yeniköy suffered a fire in 1772; it was restored between 1812 and 1814 and renewed into its present form in 1838/1839.
- There is a marble inscription dated 1888 on the bell tower.
- It is known that the church had stood in a different location in an earlier phase, that it was destroyed for an unknown reason in the mid-17th century, and that permission was granted during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II for it to be built on its new site in 1838.
Prominent Features:
- The church belongs to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Istanbul.
- The building has a three-aisled basilical plan; the naos and narthex arrangement has been described in detail in the sources.
- The church is situated on the slope descending to Köybaşı Avenue in Yeniköy.
- Within the scope of a study prepared on the icons in the building dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, 78 portable icons were catalogued.
- The grave of Konstantinos Karatodori is located to the northeast of the courtyard; he taught at the Imperial School of Medicine in Istanbul and was a physician associated with the palace circle of the period, including Sultan Abdülmecid.
