Zincirlikuyu is a quarter of the

Şişli Şişli () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 10 km2, and its population is 276,528 (2022). Located on the European side of the city, it is bordered by Beşiktaş ...

district on the European side of

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, Turkey. Part of Esentepe neighborhood, it is situated on a hilltop on the district border to

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 ...

in the east. Having undergone redevelopment in recent years, the area is also a busy bus hub. Zincirlikuyu is known as a major junction, where

Barbaros Boulevard The Barbaros Boulevard () is a -long major street in the Beşiktaş district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It runs in a straight line in south–north direction from Beşiktaş Square over Yıldız up to Zincirlikuyu, where it passes ...

coming from Beşiktaş meets

Büyükdere Avenue Büyükdere Avenue () 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 Şişli Mosque and runs in ...

in direction to

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 crosses over the motorway

Otoyol 1 Otoyol 1 (), abbreviated as O-1 and locally referred to as The First Beltway (), is a controlled access highway in Istanbul, Turkey. The O-1 serves as the inner beltway and is one of three intercontinental motorways in the city, the others being t ...

connecting the

Bosphorus Bridge The Bosphorus Bridge (), known officially as the 15 July Martyrs Bridge () and colloquially as the First Bridge (), is the oldest and southernmost of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: ''Boğaziçi'') in Ist ...

with another important hub

Mecidiyeköy Mecidiyeköy ( is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Şişli, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 20,006 (2022). It is a heavily built-up residential and business neighbourhood, squeezed in between the Fulya, Kuştepe, G ...

Transport hub

Zincirlikuyu is a major bus interchange of the European site in Istanbul. It features bus stations in all four directions, to

and

as the first stop before the Bosphorus Bridge and the last one after the bridge for commuter bus traffic coming from the Asian side of the city. It is served by more than forty İETT city bus lines, and five of the eight metrobus lines, being the terminal of some. Zincirlikuyu metrobus station is connected to Gayrettepe metro station and to

Zorlu Center Zorlu Center is a mixed-use high-rise building complex in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey containing an upscale shopping mall, a five-star Raffles hotel and a Cinemaximum megaplex, as well as residences and offices. It is home to Zor ...

with pedestrian tunnels of a total length of and -long pedestrian underpasses, which include 6 escalators, 7 elevators for disabled persons and 14 moving walkways of length. The construction of the connections cost 40 million.

Cemetery

As Istanbul's one of the largest burial grounds, the

Zincirlikuyu Cemetery The Zincirlikuyu Cemetery () is a modern burial ground in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is administered by the Metropolitan Municipality. Many prominent figures from the world of politics, business, sports and arts rest here. The ce ...

, covers with its area of most of the quarter. Planned in 1935 in a contemporary design in the then outskirt of the city, it reached in the 1950s its full capacity. The cemetery is known for holding the graves of many prominent figures from the world of politics, business, sports and arts. The headquarters of the Metropolitan Municipality's Cemetery Service is located also here.

Vocational high school for construction

The İSOV Vocational High School (), a secondary educational institution for construction of built environment run by the Foundation of

Istanbul Chamber of Industry Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

(İSOV), neighbors to the south of Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. The school complex, consisting of several buildings on a land of , was constructed by the court architect

Sarkis Balyan The Balyan family (; ) was a prominent Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dynasty during the 18th and 19th centuries. For five generations, they designed ...

(1835–1899) in 1884. It was used in the beginnings as a summer hunting mansion by

Yusuf Izzettin Efendi Yusuf ( ') is a male name meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name ...

(1857-1916), the son of Sultan

Abdülaziz Abdulaziz (; ; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 1876 Ottoman coup d'état, overthrown in a government coup. He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother ...

(1830–1876) and the Crown Prince of the

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from 1909 until his death. Following his death, his family resided in the premises, which consisted of three buildings, for women (

harem A harem is a domestic space that is reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A harem may house a man's wife or wives, their pre-pubescent male children, unmarried daughters, female domestic Domestic worker, servants, and other un ...

), men and guests and servants. From 1923 until 1939, the complex served as a primary school for orphans. It was then enlarged by new buildings, and converted into a vocational high school for the education of construction masters. In 2000, the high school's administration was transferred to the İSOV.

Zorlu Center

Opened in October 2013, the Zorlu Center is a complex of residential development, office space and shopping center with over 200 shops, 40 cafés and restaurants. It includes also the city's largest

performing arts center Performing arts center/centre (see spelling differences), often abbreviated as PAC, is usually a complex housing performance spaces for various performing arts, including dance, music, and theatre. In some cases it refers to a single multi-use s ...

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