The Anıt Taş is a rectangular marble column topped with a carved crescent and star, standing where Tesvikiye Avenue splits. Sultan Abdulmecid commissioned the monument in eighteen fifty-four to mark the development of the neighborhood. He…
Nişantaşı Fashion and Art Deco
This walk takes you through Istanbul's most glamorous neighborhood to admire its early 20th-century apartment blocks, sleek galleries, and chic pedestrian alleys. You will experience the stylish lifestyle and Westernized architecture that defined the late Ottoman and Republican eras.
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1. Anıt Taş (Nişantaşı)
2. Tesvikiye Mosque
The Teşvikiye Mosque features an unusual, neo-baroque facade with white stone columns that curve outward near the entrance. Sultan Abdulmecid ordered this building in eighteen fifty-four to serve the growing neighborhood he developed for…
3. Atiye Sokak
Atiye Sokak is a narrow, pedestrian-friendly street paved with distinctive dark cobblestones that set it apart from the bustling, car-choked arteries of Harbiye. In the nineteen eighties, this quiet corridor functioned as a forgotten back…
4. Papko Art Collection
The Papko Art Collection occupies a nondescript, glass-fronted office building in the middle of Harbiye. Inside, the space functions as a private gallery for the contemporary works collected by Öner Kocabeyoğlu over three decades. While…
5. Millî Reasürans Sanat Galerisi
The Millî Reasürans building sits behind a long, curved wall of concrete and glass that separates the quiet, sunken courtyard from the busy street. Architect Sevinç Hadi designed this space in the late nineteen eighties to house an…
6. Park Hyatt Istanbul - Macka Palas
The Macka Palas building features a distinctive pale yellow facade and deep, rounded balconies that curve around its street corner. Built in nineteen twenty-two, it began as an apartment house for wealthy residents, designed by the Italian…