kalaidji

Updated: January 2, 2026

Balata, situated on the Golden Horn, is mostly inhabited by Jews of the poorer classes, who make their livelihood as tinsmiths, tinkers, and hawkers. Here, in the early days when the Janissaries flourished, there lived a certain tinsmith called Kalaidji Avram.

Cyrus Adler - Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales