Fındıklı is the northernmost neighbourhood of the
Beyoğlu
Beyoğlu (, ota, بكاوغلی, script=Arab) is a district on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as the region of Pera (Πέρα, mea ...
district of
İstanbul
)
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, postal_code = 34000 to 34990
, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
, registration_plate = 34
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, Turkey, on the European coast of the
Bosphorus
The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...
at .
Tophane
Tophane () is a quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, running downhill from Galata to the shore of the Bosphorus where it joins up with Karaköy to the southwest and Fındıklı to the northeast.
In the Ottoman era, it was the ...
is to the south and
Kabataş to the north. Towards the water it is a mainly business and hotel district although it becomes residential in the streets running uphill towards
Gümüşsuyu. Fındıklı is served by the T1 tram service.
Along the waterfront, the quarter is home to
the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, which is housed in what were once the
Twin Palaces (''Çifte Saraylar'') of
Münire Sultan and
Cemile Sultan
Cemile Sultan ( ota, جمیله سلطان; "''beautiful, radiant''"; 17 August 1843 – 26 February 1915) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdulmejid I and Düzdidil Hanım. She was the half sister of Sultans Murad V, Abdul Hami ...
, the daughters of
Sultan Abdülmecid
Abdulmejid I ( ota, عبد المجيد اول, ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i evvel, tr, I. Abdülmecid; 25 April 182325 June 1861) was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. His reign was notable for the r ...
. The small Fındıklı Park beside it contains sculptures created by the students of the university.
The Twin Palaces briefly housed the
Ottoman Parliament
The General Assembly ( tr, Meclis-i Umumî (French romanization: "Medjliss Oumoumi" ) or ''Genel Parlamento''; french: Assemblée Générale) was the first attempt at representative democracy by the imperial government of the Ottoman Empire. Al ...
(''Meclis-i'' ''Mebusan'')
The waterfront
Molla Çelebi Mosque was designed by the Ottoman architect
Mimar Sinan in 1561-62. It was once part of a complex with a dervish lodge (''tekke'') and hamam but these were both lost to the widening of the Meclis-i Mebusan coast road.
The imposing free-standing Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Fountain stands at the point where Fındıklı merges with neighbouring Kabataş. It was built in 1732 for
Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa who served as rand vizier twice and originally stood on higher ground on the inland side of the road before being moved when the coast road was widened.
References
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Quarters of Beyoğlu
Bosphorus