Sisli Belediyesi Istanbul Turkey walking tour and looking around Masjid summer Holiday.

Oct 29, 2026

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Today we`ll be walking tour in Sisli Belediyesi Istanbul Turkey.

Şişli is one of the 39 districts of Istanbul, Turkey. Located on the European side of the city, it is bordered by Beşiktaş to the east, Sarıyer to the north, Eyüp and Kağıthane to the west, and Beyoğlu to the south.

It is also the name of a specific area of Şişli district centered on the Sişli Mosque.

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 Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Turkish Republic (the late 19th-early 20th centuries). French culture was an important influence in this period and the wide avenues of Şişli were lined with large stone buildings with high ceilings and art nouveau wrought-iron balconies, and which often had little elevators on wires in the middle of the stairways. This trading middle-class was composed of Jews, Greeks and Armenians, as well as some Turks, many of whom built homes in Şişli after a large fire devastated the neighbouring district of Pera (now Beyoğlu) in 1870. To this day, several families from Istanbul's local Armenian community live in the Kurtuluş neighbourhood of Şişli. The area was also popular with the Levantine trading families of this period who settled in Istanbul for trade or were contracted by the Ottoman Empire. Şişli also attracted migrants from former possessions in Greece and the Balkans. In the late 19th century, Şişli was one of the first areas supplied with tramlines, electricity and natural gas. The Darülaceze orphanage and the large Şişli Etfal Hospital were built here in this period, as well as the French schools of St. Michel and Notre Dame de Sion.

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 . Some of these people settled in parts of Şişli in the 1950s and 1960s, especially in the northern sections of the district, around Mecidiyeköy. Please support our channel, Subscribe, like, comment share and turn on the bell notification so you can see new video.

Şişli adalah salah satu dari 39 distrik di Istanbul, Turki. Terletak di sisi Eropa kota, berbatasan dengan Beşiktaş di timur, Sarıyer di utara, Eyüp dan Kağıthane di barat, dan Beyoğlu di selatan.

Itu juga merupakan nama area tertentu di distrik Şişli yang berpusat di Masjid Sişli.

Hingga tahun 1800-an, Şişli adalah pedesaan terbuka, digunakan untuk berburu, bertani, dan bersantai. Itu dikembangkan sebagai distrik perumahan kelas menengah selama tahun-tahun terakhir Kekaisaran Ottoman dan tahun-tahun awal Republik Turki (akhir abad ke-19 hingga awal abad ke-20). Budaya Prancis adalah pengaruh penting pada periode ini dan jalan lebar Şişli dilapisi dengan bangunan batu besar dengan langit-langit tinggi dan balkon besi tempa art nouveau, dan yang sering kali memiliki lift kecil pada kabel di tengah tangga. Kelas menengah perdagangan ini terdiri dari orang Yahudi, Yunani, dan Armenia, serta beberapa orang Turki, banyak di antaranya membangun rumah di Şişli setelah kebakaran besar yang menghancurkan distrik tetangga Pera (sekarang Beyoğlu) pada tahun 1870. Hingga hari ini, beberapa keluarga dari komunitas Armenia lokal Istanbul tinggal di lingkungan Kurtuluş di Şişli. Daerah itu juga populer dengan keluarga pedagang Levant pada periode ini yang menetap di Istanbul untuk berdagang atau dikontrak oleh Kekaisaran Ottoman. Şişli juga menarik migran dari bekas harta benda di Yunani dan Balkan. Pada akhir abad ke-19, Şişli adalah salah satu daerah pertama yang disuplai jalur trem, listrik, dan gas alam. Panti asuhan Darülaceze dan Rumah Sakit Şişli Etfal yang besar dibangun di sini pada periode ini, serta sekolah Prancis St. Michel dan Notre Dame de Sion.