In 1468, Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror brought many Albanians warriors and traders and installed them in the districts of Istanbul where among other places, the Sultan founded Arnavutköy, a place named after them meaning Albanian village.

In 1863, Robert College, the oldest American school outside the United States, was established in its current campus which originally stretched from Arnavutköy to the vicinity of Bebek and Rumelihisarı.
In 1971, a section of this campus became part of Boğaziçi University, which was formerly the college section of the school.
The high school section, formerly named Robert Academy (RA) is still an American school and is located in the Arnavutköy side of the historic Robert College campus.

According to the Salname, the total population of the district was 7,482 and ethnographically consisting of 5,973 Rûms, 493 Muslims, 342 Armenians, 32 Jews and 642 people of other nationality in 1912.

Arnavutköy was historically famous for its Ottoman strawberry, a less juicy and smaller kind than the usual strawberries found throughout Turkey.
To date, some strawberry fields survive in the inland of the district and every spring local groceries are pillaged by strawberry lovers.
In 1468, Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror brought many Albanians warriors and traders and installed them in the districts of Istanbul where among other places, the Sultan founded Arnavutköy, a place named after them meaning Albanian village.
In 1863, Robert College, the oldest American school outside the United States, was established in its current campus which originally stretched from Arnavutköy to the vicinity of Bebek and Rumelihisarı. In 1971, a section of this campus became part of Boğaziçi University, which was formerly the college section of the school. The high school section, formerly named Robert Academy (RA) is still an American school and is located in the Arnavutköy side of the historic Robert College campus.
According to the Salname, the total population of the district was 7,482 and ethnographically consisting of 5,973 Rûms, 493 Muslims, 342 Armenians, 32 Jews and 642 people of other nationality in 1912. 
Arnavutköy was historically famous for its Ottoman strawberry, a less juicy and smaller kind than the usual strawberries found throughout Turkey. To date, some strawberry fields survive in the inland of the district and every spring local groceries are pillaged by strawberry lovers.
Arnavutköy