The Istanbul Cevahir Shopping and Entertainment Centre ( tr, İstanbul Cevahir Alışveriş Merkezi), also known as the Şişli Culture and Trade Centre (), is a modern

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that ...

located on the

Büyükdere Avenue Büyükdere Avenue ( tr, Büyükdere Caddesi) is a major avenue which runs through the districts of Şişli (Esentepe quarter), Beşiktaş (Levent quarter) and Sarıyer ( Maslak quarter) on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It begins at � ...

in the

Şişli 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. In 2009, Şiş ...

district of

Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_i ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

. Opened on 15 October 2005, Istanbul Cevahir was the largest shopping mall in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

in terms of

gross leasable area In architecture, construction, and real estate, floor area, floor space, or floorspace is the area (measured as square feet or square metres) taken up by a building or part of it. The ways of defining "floor area" depend on what factors of the buil ...

between 2005 and 2011, and is one of the largest in the world.

Structural specifications

Istanbul Cevahir was built on a land plot at a cost of US$250 million. It has a total floor area of and a

of for shops and

restaurant A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...

s. The six retail floors of the shopping centre house 343 shops (some of which are the first in Turkey to sell certain international brands); 34

fast food Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service. It is a commercial term, limited to food sold in a restaurant or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredie ...

restaurants and 14 exclusive restaurants. Other facilities include; a large stage for shows and other events, 12

cinemas A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, the movies, the pictures, picture theater, the silver screen, the big screen, or simply theater is a ...

(including a private theatre and a cinema for children), a

bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

hall, a small

roller coaster A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions. Passengers ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are ...

and several other entertainment facilities. The building's glass roof carries the second biggest clock in the world, with three-metre (10 ft) high digits. The car park has an area of and a capacity of 2,500 cars, spread on four floors. Şişli-Mecidiyeköy Station in November 2022

Şişli-Mecidiyeköy Station in November 2022

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References

{{Minoru Yamasaki Shopping malls in Istanbul Şişli Shopping malls established in 2005 2005 establishments in Turkey Minoru Yamasaki buildings St Martins Property Group Istanbul Central Business District

Structural specifications

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