List_of_urban_centers_in_Istanbul Knowpia

The list of urban centers in Istanbul lists the major clusters of retail, office, government, retail and dense residential buildings within the city limits of Istanbul, including areas of the historic city center, Fatih, as well as edge cities built outside the historic core.

Aerial view of the Istanbul metropolitan area at night

Important "edge cities", i.e. corridors and nodes of business and shopping centers and of tall residential buildings, include the Istanbul Central Business District in and around Şisli; the E-5/D-100 highway corridor along the north side of the old airport, and on the Asian side, Kozyatağı–Ataşehir, Altunizade, Kavacik and Ümraniye.^[1]

European side edit

Historic city center areas edit

Fatih edit

Beyoğlu district (historic Pera) edit

Galata Tower and part of Beyoğlu district

İstiklal Avenue, originally the "Grand Rue de Péra", pedestrian shopping street of Beyoğlu, formerly Pera

Taksim Square

Istanbul Central Business District edit

Büyükdere Avenue runs through Beşiktaş, Şişli and Sarıyer districts, lined with residential and office towers and shopping complexes

Beşiktaş district edit

Ortaköy Mosque and the Bosphorus Bridge

Sarıyer district edit

Şişli district edit

Among Istanbul's many malls, Kanyon is noted for its dramatic architecture.

Bomonti/Şişli Merkez (original center of Şişli)
Esentepe including Zincirlikuyu and the Zorlu Center
Fulya
Levent including the Metrocity, Kanyon, Özdilekpark and Istanbul Sapphire complexes
Nişantaşı
Otim
Zorlu Center