Şişli

Şişli is a locality in , and has about 315,000 residents. Şişli is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Horn and Dolmabahçe Palace.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Park
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is a 19th-century imperial palace located in , , along the shore of the , which served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922.

Stadium
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Beşiktaş Stadyumu or Beşiktaş Park is an all-seater, multi-purpose in the district of , . It is the home ground of Beşiktaş.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Istanbul and New City.

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is a very large city of fantastic history, culture and beauty. Called Byzantium in ancient times, the city's name was changed to Constantinople in 324 CE when it was rebuilt by the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine.

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Istanbul's is a modern district north of . Its neighbourhoods of Elmadağ, Nişantaşı, Kurtuluş and Şişli were built up in the early 20th century, then more recently appeared the business district between Mecidiyeköy and Levent-Maslak.

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is just north, across the Golden Horn, from the Old City of . Further north is Beyoğlu: İstiklal Avenue is its thoroughfare, and adjoining Taksim Square is considered the heart of the city — if it were sensible to speak of a "downtown" for multicentric Istanbul, that would most likely refer to this area.

Şişli

Latitude
41.0605° or 41° 3′ 38″ north
Longitude
28.9872° or 28° 59′ 14″ east
Population
315,000
Elevation
119 metres (390 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR SIS
Open location code
8GHC3X6P+5V
Geo­Names ID
739549
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In Other Languages

“Şişli” goes by many names.
  • Russian: “Сийслий”

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