Galata

[ gah-lah-tah ]

/ ˈgɑ lɑ tɑ /

the chief commercial section of Istanbul, Turkey.

Example sentences from the Web for galata

His own work includes some similarly remarkable sunsets in Istanbul, as well as images of the Galata tower.

Sarai Sierra, American Slain in Istanbul, Was an Artist in the Making |Michael Daly |February 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The site sits near a roadway and is in the vicinity of Galata Tower.

‘Sunset, Istanbul Style’: Staten Island Woman Sarai Sierra Murdered |Mike Giglio |February 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Galata is the Wapping of the city: here we find dirty shops for ships' stores; merchants' counting-houses, and tipsy sailors.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850 |Various
More serious, if the harbor is left to the Greeks, how can he prevent the Genoese in Galata from succoring them?

The Prince of India, Volume II |Lew. Wallace

By noon the excitement had crossed to Galata, and was at high tide in the Isles of the Princes.

The Prince of India, Volume II |Lew. Wallace
Ten liras to one that she is by this time in Galata with some of the Genoese Giaours.

The Captain of the Janizaries |James M. Ludlow
Evidently the interest was at the further end of the line, and the day a holiday to the two cities, Byzantium and Galata.

The Prince of India, Volume II |Lew. Wallace

Galata

/ (ˈɡælətə) /

a port in NW Turkey, a suburb and the chief business section of Istanbul