 A delicious, creamy type of yoghurt is Kanlica's best known asset. The İskender Paşa Mosque, overlooking the village square, is a minor work by Sinan , built for Sultan Süleyman's vizier İskender Paşa in 1559-60. There have been changes to the original building: the wooden dome has been replaced by a flat roof, and the porch was added later.
There are a number of yalis in and around Kanlıca, including the Köprülü Amcazade Hüseyin Paşa Yalı , the oldest surviving Bosphorus yah, just south of the village. This was built in 1698 by Mustafa IPs grand vizier Hüseyin Paşa, the fourth grand vizier from the Köprülü family. The Treaty of Karlowitz, in which the Ottomans acknowledged the loss of territory to Austria, Venice, Poland and Russia, was signed here in 1699 . All that remains of the yah, which is not open to visitors, is a T-shaped salon, its dome only saved by wooden props. (s1)
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