Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş is a town in Beşiktaş, Istanbul and has about 167,000 residents. Beşiktaş is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sinanpaşa, as well as near the quarter Akaretler.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Naval Museum and Dolmabahçe Palace.

Naval Museum

Museum

Photo: CeeGee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Istanbul Naval Museum is a national naval museum, located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 1897 by the Ottoman Minister of the Navy Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha.

Dolmabahçe Palace

Park

Dolmabahçe Palace

Photo: Robert.raderschatt, Public domain.

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

Çırağan palace

Castle

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Çırağan Palace, a former Ottoman palace, is now a five-star hotel in the Kempinski Hotels chain. It is located on the European shore of the Bosporus, between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sinanpaşa and Cihannüma.

Sinanpaşa

Neighborhood

Photo: M. PINARCI, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sinanpaşa is a neighborhood.

Cihannüma

Suburb

Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cihannüma is a suburb.

Abbasağa

Suburb

Photo: Hamdigumus, CC0.

Abbasağa is a suburb.

Beşiktaş

Type: Town with 167,000 residents
Also known as: “Beshik Tash” and “Besiktas”
Category: locality
Location: Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude

41.04285° or 41° 2′ 34″ north

Longitude

29.00753° or 29° 0′ 27″ east

Population

167,000

Elevation

54 metres (177 feet)

United Nations Location Code

TR BTS

Open location code

8GHF22V5+42

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Serbian—“Beşiktaş” goes by many names.

Arabic: “بشكطاش”
Greek: “Μπεσίκτας”
Russian: “Ардаган”
Serbian: “Бешикташ”

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