Levent

Coordinates: 41°04′55″N 29°00′57″E / 41.08181°N 29.01584°E / 41.08181; 29.01584
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Not to be confused with the Levant in the Eastern Mediterranean.
For people with the name, see Levent (name).

Levent
Istanbul
DistrictBeşiktaş
Population
 (2022)
2,911
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Bosphorus, with the skyline of Levent in the background. Istanbul Sapphire
is the first tower at left.

Levent is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Bosphorus strait
.

Levent, together with nearby

Bosphorus and not disturbing the atmosphere of the historical peninsula
of Istanbul, which is at quite a distance.

The tallest skyscraper in Levent

Türk Telekom Stadium in the Seyrantepe quarter of the Sarıyer
district, on the European side.

The stations Levent and 4. Levent along the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro serve the Levent business district and its surrounding neighbourhoods.

Etymology

View of Büyükdere Avenue in Levent at night, from the observation deck of Istanbul Sapphire.

Levent is also a name for men in Turkey (cf.

Ottoman Turkish language during the 16th century.[13] These marine soldiers had the reputation of possessing strong, muscular physiques and daring, fearless characters; which is the reason why the Turkish word levent, its Greek cognate levénti (λεβέντη) and its Bulgarian cognate levént (левент) are still popularly used for defining "athletic, gallant, brave" men.[12]

The name Levent (Levend) came to be applied to the neighbourhood because in 1780 the

Imperial Arsenal (Tersâne-i Âmire) and the Naval Ministry (Bahriye Nezareti) of the Ottoman Navy were located on the shores of the Golden Horn
.

History

Kanyon Towers & Mall on Büyükdere Avenue in Levent.
Heading towards Levent through the Bosphorus Bridge (1973), the oldest of three suspension bridges and two tunnels which connect Istanbul's Asian and European sides.

In the early 19th century, during the final years of the reign of Sultan

Nizam-ı Cedid (New Order) Army
was built in Levent; which was then known as the Levend(Levent) Çiftliği (Levend Farmlands), eventually becoming known as the Levend(Levent) Kışlası (Levend Barracks).

In 1868, during the first territorial organization of the Istanbul Municipality, Levend (Levent) was placed within the district of Beşiktaş (which was designated as the 7th Area of the Istanbul Municipality), having remained within this district ever since.

The modern neighbourhood of Levent was formed in 1947, when Emlak Kredi Bankası (a Turkish bank which was established to finance housing projects) chose the Levent area for constructing a well-planned residential compound, formed mostly of villa type houses with gardens. After the completion of the first phase of the Levent project in 1960, numerous other residential compounds were constructed in the area, eventually extending towards nearby Etiler.

Starting from the late 1980s and early 1990s, with initial projects such as the

Yapı Kredi Towers, TAT Towers, Metrocity Towers and İş Bankası Towers, Levent became a popular location for constructing new skyscrapers, mostly owned by Turkish banks and conglomerates. One of the city's major skyline clusters (together with those of Maslak and Şişli on the European side; and Ataşehir and Kozyatağı on the Asian side of Istanbul) is located in Levent. At present, Levent hosts the tallest skyscraper of Istanbul and Turkey, the 54-floor Istanbul Sapphire; while the construction of numerous new mixed-use skyscraper projects and shopping malls are ongoing in the neighbourhood, which has evolved into a central business district
.

Image gallery

Panoramic View

Bosphorus

See also

References and notes

  1. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. TÜİK
    . Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ Emporis: Levent Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Emporis: Sapphire
  5. ^ "The Metropol Tower, Istanbul". emporis.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Image of Metropol Istanbul Towers". aremas.net. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Image of Metropol Istanbul Towers".
  8. ^ "Image of Metropol Istanbul Towers and the Ataşehir district". Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Skyland Istanbul".
  10. ^ "Image of Skyland Istanbul Towers".
  11. ^ a b c Kıyafet-i Asakir-i Bahriyye: Costumes and ranks of the Ottoman Navy
  12. ^
    ISBN 0-19-508137-4
    .
  13. ^ a b Sevan Nişanyan. Sözlerin Soyağacı: Çağdaş Türkçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü. URL: http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/search.asp?w=levent[permanent dead link] Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  14. ISBN 978-975-999-290-3
    . Page 220.

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