Etiler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

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. Its population is 11,258 (2022). It is on the European side of

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, close to the business quarters of

Levent Levent is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,911 (2022). It is one of the main business districts of Istanbul located on the European side of the city. It is situated ...

and

Maslak Maslak is a neighbourhood in Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, in Turkey. Its population is 12,260 (2022). It is one of the main business districts of Istanbul, located on the European side of the city. It was formerly an exclave of the municipa ...

. Etiler is famous for its upmarket cafés, pubs, night clubs, restaurants, gyms, coiffeurs, fashion shops and shopping malls, such as

Akmerkez Akmerkez is a shopping mall located in the Etiler quarter of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical ...

. It is a favourite area among Istanbul's elite. The quarter also has many villas and private residences. The name ''Etiler'' is an older name in

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for the ''

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'', as it was fashionable in the early years of the

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to give the names of ancient Anatolian civilizations to the new districts of Istanbul. A similar example is the neighbouring quarter of ''Akatlar'', which means '' Akkads'', another ancient civilization from the history of

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Shopping

is one of the best known shopping malls in Istanbul. It has all the major fashion brands, cafes and restaurants. Mayadrom is a smaller, more boutique shopping centre. Nispetiye Street is considered as the core centre of Etiler, with cafes, restaurants and designer shops.

Education

The

Istanbul Japanese School is a Japanese international school located in Etiler, Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey. The school is run by the Japanese Education and Culture Association (Japanese: 日本文化教育協会, Turkish: ''Japon Eğitim Kültür Derneği''). The dipl ...

is located in Etiler. Also, one of the campuses of the

British International School Istanbul The British International School Istanbul (BISI) is a private international primary and secondary school in Istanbul, Turkey, offering a modified English National Curriculum, IGCSE and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The school ...

as well as a campus of

Tarabya British Schools Tarabya British Schools (often abbreviated as TBS) also Özel Tarabya İngiliz Okulları (Turkish) is a private school in Tarabya and Yeniköy, Istanbul, that offers both national and international education through an integrated curriculum to b ...

are located in Etiler. Bogazici University, which is a public university with different faculties like education, engineering, and arts and sciences, is also located in Etiler. It is situated near the end of Nispetiye Street, and has a remarkable view of the

Bosphorus The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait ( ; , colloquially ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul, Turkey. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental bo ...

, as well as the Anatolian side. The middleschools, Hasan Ali Yücel Middleschool and the Cumhuriyet Middleschool are both located in the area as well.

Transportation

The M6 metro line with 4 stops;

, Nispetiye,

Etiler Etiler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 11,258 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, close to the business quarters of Levent and Maslak. Etiler is famous f ...

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connects Etiler to the rest of the Istanbul Metro. There are buses from Kabatas, Taksim and Sisli to Etiler.

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Miscellaneous images of Etiler

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Shopping

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