Kanlica
A Small Seafront Village Famous For Its Thick Yogurt With Powdered Sugar, Its Waterside Square, Its Mosque And Its 19th Century Wooden Mansions. A Restful Stop On A Ferry Or Road Trip Along The Asian Coast · Beykoz, Istanbul
Kanlica is a Bosphorus village on the Asian shore in the Beykoz district, about 15 km north of Uskudar, and it is known across Istanbul for one thing: thick, creamy yogurt served in small bowls and dusted with powdered sugar. The village square sits right on the water beside a ferry pier, with a domed mosque, a few shady plane trees and rows of cafe tables facing the strait, and the yogurt shops line the lane that leads inland. Behind the square a hillside of wooden houses and old mansions climbs toward the Khedive Palace, and along the shore a string of 19th-century yali stand directly on the water. Kanlica is a village to visit slowly: arrive by ferry or bus, eat yogurt at the quay, walk the shore road toward Anadolu Hisari and the Kucuksu Pavilion, and watch large ships move past a few hundred metres from your table. The square is calm on weekdays and lively at weekends, and the yogurt lines are longest at sunset.
Kanlica, a Bosphorus village on the Asian shore in Beykoz known for yogurt and a seafront mosque, about 15 km north of Uskudar; coordinates approximate, Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkiye
The village is open at every hour and the square and shore are free. Yogurt shops and cafes usually open from about 08:00 or 09:00 and stay open until around midnight in summer, with shorter hours in winter - confirm. Weekend afternoons and public holidays are the busiest times, when the quay tables fill and queues form at the yogurt counters. The mosque is open for prayer and to respectful visitors outside prayer times (confirm). The ferry pier has its own timetable and fewer departures in winter, so check the schedule before you plan a return by water.