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| Location: The settlement area of the city lies to the south of the line between the present Yogurtçu Park and the Osmanaga Mosque in Kadiköy. The first settlement was founded at Fikirtepe during the prehistoric periods. The settlement was initially called Procerastis, and then Colpusa. It was established by the immigrants from Megara in 685 BC. It is also referred by Pliny [N.H. V, 42], Herodotus [IV, 85, 144; V, 25; VI, 33] and Xenophanes [Anabasis, VI, 6, 38; VII, 1, 20; VII, 2, 23]. |
| Geography and Environment: It was a fortified city. The necropolis area lies to the north including the present neighbourhood of Altiyol. The city, where the Chalcedon (Khalketis (?)/Kurbagalidere) stream flows by, had two harbors. One of them opened to the Haydarpasa Bay, with a breakwater. It is likely that it has been obscured by the Osmanaga Mosque. The other harbor is at the entrance of the Kurbagalidere Stream. No remains are available except for the necropolis area at Altiyol. There was a road connecting Chalcedon to Nicomedia (Izmit). An avenue that extends alongside the ancient harbor at Kurbagalidere was the starting point of this road. |
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