Şişli

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Şişli (pronounced

Until the 1800s, Şişli was open countryside, used for hunting, agriculture and leisure. It was developed as a middle class residential district during the last years of the

Following the founding of the Turkish Republic in the 1920s, larger and larger buildings were built along wide avenues such as Halaskargazi Caddesi, the main road that runs through the middle of Şişli, with its little arcades of shops below tall apartment and office buildings. In the republican era, the area was still popular with the middle classes but also attracted a growing population of traders. Writers and poets also favoured the area, and Şişli acquired theatres, cafes and other cultural amenities. The Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus was built here in the 1950s and many others followed.

From the 1950s onwards people from Anatolia began to migrate to Istanbul in search of work. In most cases they built themselves illegal squats on unclaimed or government-owned land (see gecekondu). Some of these people settled in parts of Şişli in the 1950s and 1960s, especially in the northern sections of the district, around Mecidiyeköy.

The centre of Şişli today

Now that the wealthy elite of central Şişli has moved into less central suburbs of the city, the large buildings on the grand avenues are occupied by offices, banks, and big shops, forming the largest part of the Istanbul Central Business District. Since the 1970's, most older buildings have been pulled down and replaced with newer, and less traditional, multi-storey structures. The back streets are still residential, and many working-class families and students have settled there. There are plenty of shops, cafés, pubs, and other amenities. Although Şişli is not a wealthy district today, its central location still makes it a desirable place to live by many.

Business and shopping

Fulya

Otim

Bomonti/Şişli Merkez

Osmanbey

Nişantası

İstanbul Cevahir/ Şişli Mecidiyeköy

Taksim

İstanbul Sapphire, 4 Levent metro

Kanyon mall

ÖzdilekPark

Levent/Metrocity

Gayreteppe

Zincirlikuyu
Zorlu Center

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Map showing Şişli's key business and shopping centers, universities, and selected metro stations and landmarks

Being a central area well-served with public-transport and other infrastructure,

The mayor of Şişli is Muamer Keskin from the Republican People's Party.^[1]

Neighbourhoods

There are 25

Important quarters

• Şişli Merkez (lit. "Şişli Center") and Cumhuriyet Avenue (Cumhuriyet Caddesi) to its south, commonly called Bomonti after the former Bomonti Brewery, now repurposed as the Bomontiada arts center,^[13][14] including the Babylon event venue featuring regular live music.^[15] There is also a presidential museum, and photography on display at the Ara Guler Museum. The name Bomonti is referenced in the name of the Bomonti Hilton hotel, the 39-story Bomonti Park tower,^[16] etc.
• Esentepe - home to the Municipality of Şişli and Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. Neighboring Gayrettepe and Levent neighborhoods of Beşiktaş district and Mecidiyeköy neighborhood, Esentepe also covers the west side of Büyükdere Street at Levent, where most of the plazas are located.
• riots of 1955
  , the Greek community left the area; however, their churches are open on religious holidays.
• Abdi İpekçi Avenue. There are a number of well-known schools, including some buildings of Marmara University
  and Işık Lisesi.
• Nişantaşı – neighbourhood encompassing Teşvikiye and Harbiye, famous for its many Art Nouveau apartment buildings. The American Hospital, one of the city's best hospitals, is also located here. Nişantaşı is famous for high-end shopping along Abdi İpekçi Caddesi, Turkey's most expensive street in terms of lease prices, and the city's Nişantaşı mall.
• Galatasaray football club's Ali Sami Yen Stadium. The Profilo Shopping Center
  , with its food court, cinemas and bowling alley, is here. Mecidiyeköy Antikacılar Çarşısı (Mecidiyeköy Antiques Bazaar), a large multi-storey building with dozens of antiques shops (the largest of its kind in Istanbul) is located at the eastern edge.
• Ottoman War Academy (Mekteb-i Harbiye). The academy is the Istanbul Military Museum today. The neighborhood is known for the cultural institutions located in it including the Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage,the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, the Istanbul Congress Center and the Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre. The Maçka Park, the architecture faculty of the Istanbul Technical University and the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus
  are also located in the neighborhood.
• Okmeydanı – in the north of Şişli, home to some large hospitals. This was the archery practice ground of the Ottoman armies (hence the name, lit. the square of arrows), an Ottoman mosque was built here. Later the land was planted with fruit trees, and in the 1960s turned over to developers for building as the city expanded. Darülaceze, the Ottoman-period orphanage, is here, built in 1896.
• Kuştepe – north of the O-1 highway, a gecekondu (illegally built) district of poor housing traditionally occupied by the Romani people in Turkey community and recent migrants from the countryside. Trump Tower and AVM (mall) are located here along the O-1.^[18]
• Saint James Armenian Hospital and Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
  .

Museums and historical places

• Istanbul Military Museum
• Atatürk Museum
• Ihlamur Palace
• Monument of Liberty

Sport venues

• Türk Telekom Stadium

Arts and entertainment venues

• Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall
• Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre
• Bomontiada, incorporating parts of the former Bomonti Brewery^(tr)[19]

Religious buildings

• Şişli Mosque
• Teşvikiye Mosque
• Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

Shopping malls

• Cevahir Mall
• Kanyon Shopping Mall
• MetroCity AVM
• Profilo Shopping Center

Skyscrapers

• Diamond of Istanbul
• Istanbul Sapphire
• Sabancı Center
• Şişli Plaza

References

^[1]

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Şişli.

• Şişli Municipality
• Official website of Mustafa Sarıgül, mayor of Şişli
• Atatürk Museum on Istanbul portal

1. ^ Şişli evden eve nakliyat