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Fener, Fanar or Phanar (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 Fa???? ) is a neighborhood midway up the Golden Horn
Golden Horn

The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor....
, within the borough of Fatih
Fatih

Fatih is one of the largest and central districts of Istanbul, Turkey, in the heart of the city. Since it constitutes the old quarter of the city conquered by Mehmed II the Conqueror, even today it is also called as the "real Istanbul" or the "first Istanbul"....
 in Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 (formerly Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
). The streets in the area are full of historic wooden houses, churches, and synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
s dating from Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 and Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 times.

After the Fall of Constantinople
Fall of Constantinople

The Fall of Constantinople was a siege in which the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II attempted to capture the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople which was defended by the army of Emperor Constantine XI....
 in 1453, the Fener district was home to most of the Greeks
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 who remained in the city. The Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago....
 Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the fourteen autocephaly Eastern Orthodox Church churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, who has the status of "Primus inter pares" among the world's Orthodox bishops....
 moved to the area as well, and is still located there.






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Fener, Fanar or Phanar (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 Fa???? ) is a neighborhood midway up the Golden Horn
Golden Horn

The Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming a natural harbor....
, within the borough of Fatih
Fatih

Fatih is one of the largest and central districts of Istanbul, Turkey, in the heart of the city. Since it constitutes the old quarter of the city conquered by Mehmed II the Conqueror, even today it is also called as the "real Istanbul" or the "first Istanbul"....
 in Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
, Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 (formerly Constantinople
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
). The streets in the area are full of historic wooden houses, churches, and synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
s dating from Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 and Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 times.

After the Fall of Constantinople
Fall of Constantinople

The Fall of Constantinople was a siege in which the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II attempted to capture the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople which was defended by the army of Emperor Constantine XI....
 in 1453, the Fener district was home to most of the Greeks
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 who remained in the city. The Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago....
 Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the fourteen autocephaly Eastern Orthodox Church churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, who has the status of "Primus inter pares" among the world's Orthodox bishops....
 moved to the area as well, and is still located there. As a result, Phanar is often used as shorthand for the Ecumenical Patriarchate just as Vatican is used for the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
.

The Greek inhabitants of Fener were called Phanariotes
Phanariotes

Phanariotes, Phanariots, or Phanariote Greeks were members of those prominent Greeks families residing in Fener, the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople, where the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is situated....
. Wealthy Phanariotes were appointed voivodes of Wallachia
Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
 and Moldavia
Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
 by the Ottoman Empire between 1711 and 1821.

The name Fener comes from Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 "Fanari" (fa????) and Turkish "Fener" meaning lantern. During the city's Byzantine period, there was within the district a columnar monument, topped with a lantern.

See also

  • Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, currently Bartholomew I of Constantinople
  • Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
    Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

    The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the fourteen autocephaly Eastern Orthodox Church churches. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch, who has the status of "Primus inter pares" among the world's Orthodox bishops....
  • Church of St George
  • Bulgarian iron church "St. Stephen"
    Bulgarian St Stephen Church

    The Bulgarian Saint Stephen Church , also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox Church church in Istanbul, Turkey, famous for being made of cast iron....
  • Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols
  • Phanar Greek Orthodox College
    Phanar Greek Orthodox College

    Phanar Greek Orthodox College is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Orthodox school in Istanbul, Turkey.Established in 1454 by Matheos Kamariotis, it soon became the school of the prominent Greeks and Bulgarians families in the Ottoman Empire, and many Ottoman ministers as well as Wallachia and Moldavia princes appointed by...
  • Greeks in Turkey
    Greeks in Turkey

    The Greeks in Turkey constitute a population of Greeks and Greek language-speaking Eastern Orthodox Church Christianity who mostly live in Istanbul, as well as on the two islands of the western entrance to the Dardanelles: Imbros and Tenedos and also on the Princes' Islands....
  • Fenerbahce


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