Moda is a quarter in

Kadıköy Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea of ...

district of

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, Turkey. Moda is located on a peninsula between the center of Kadıköy and the Kurbağalıdere creek on the Anatolian part of Istanbul. The place became an outstanding residential area only after the 1870s, when wealthy non-Muslims settled down there by building their own mansions. It is a multi-cultural place with

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and Anglican church buildings, Georgian art house, theatres, French Lycée Saint-Joseph (1870)

Kadıköy Anatolian High School Kadıköy Anatolian High School ( tr, Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi), also commonly known as Kadıköy Maarif College, abbreviated Kadıköy Maarif or KAL, is one of the oldest, most prestigious Anatolian High Schools and internationally renowned high ...

(1955), old curiosity shops, fish and international food restaurants. Moda is served by the 2003-established Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram line. Notable buildings and structures in Moda are: *

Süreyya Opera House Süreyya Opera House, also called Süreyya Cultural Center ( tr, Süreyya Operası or Süreyya Kültür Merkezi), is an opera hall located at Gen. Asım Gündüz Avenue No: 29, in the Bahariye quarter of the Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. ...

, 1927-opened opera house, * Moda Marine Club (1935), *

Moda Pier Moda, MoDA or MODA may refer to: Animals * Moda, a common name of ''Potorous platyops'', the Broad-faced potoroo Geography * Moda, Kadıköy, a quarter in Kadıköy district ofIstanbul, Turkey People * Moda Fincher, a broadcaster and member of ...

, 1917-built, 2022-restored

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pier. ;Historic mansions * Agah Bey Mansion, * Antipa Mansion, * Bursalı Riza Bey Mansion, * Dowson Mansion, * Mahmut Ata Bey Mansion, * Cemil Cem Mansion, * Fredrichi Mansion, * Fürstenberger Mansion, * Cemal Kutay Mansion, * Lorando Mansion, * Arif Sarıca Mansion, a 1903-built mansion, residence of concert pianist

Ayşegül Sarıca Ayşegül Sarıca (28 May 1935 – 10 March 2023) was a Turkish concert pianist, pedagogue. Life Ayşegül Sarıca was born into an Ottoman military family in Istanbul, Turkey in 1935. Ahmet İzzet Pasha (1864–1937), one of the last Ottoman g ...

, * Şevket Salih Soysal Mansion, * Mahmut Muhtar Pasha Mansion, * Reşit Pasha Mansion, *

Tubini Mansion Tubini Mansion ( tr, Tubini Köşkü) is an Ottoman era mansion in Istanbul, Turkey. Background Bernard Tubini (1826–1889) with his parents and siblings, joining close members of their wealthy banking family, the Genoese Tubini family of Ch ...

* Whittall Mansion, a 1900 built mansion, which was home to rock musician

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beg ...

, and is a historic house museum today,

Gallery

File:Istanbul asv2021-11 img50 Süreyya Opera.jpg,

File:BE ModaSahnesi 20200203 01.jpg, Moda Stage File:Barış Manço’nun Evi.jpg,

monument in front of the Whittall Mansion, today a historic house museum File:Kaksk.jpg, Mahmud Muhtar Pasha mansion File:Ayatriada front 05 08 2016.JPG, Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church File:Notre Dame de l'Assomption Istanbul 05 08 2016.jpg, Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Roman Catholic) File:Allsaintsmoda front 05 08 2016.JPG, All Saints Moda Church (Anglican) File:Istanbul asv2021-11 img51 Nostalgic tram T3.jpg, Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram File:Moda İskelesi 2019-08.jpg,

References

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