Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Türkiye

Economy | Transport

🇹🇷 Beşiktaş is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus. Directly across the Bosphorus is the district of Üsküdar.

The district includes a number of important sites along the European shore of the Bosphorus, from Dolmabahçe Palace in the south to the Bebek area in the north. It is also home to many inland (and relatively expensive, upper-middle class) neighborhoods such as Levent and Etiler. Some of its other well-known neighborhoods include Yıldız, Kuruçeşme, Ortaköy, and Arnavutköy.

Beşiktaş' historic commercial centre is the Beşiktaş [tr] quarter and Çarşı (literally, "marketplace"), which adjoins the small Abbasağa Park. Running in the north-south direction, Barbaros Boulevard is a major feeder road for the inner-city motorway O-1 and the Bosphorus Bridge, terminating at the important public transport hub of Zincirlikuyu. Büyükdere Avenue also runs through the district.

Although it is a relatively small district of Istanbul, both in terms of population and area, Beşiktaş is one of the city's most important areas due to its business and shopping areas, historic sites, universities, scenic views of the Bosphorus strait, and feeder roads for the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridges passing through it. The district is also the leading financial centre of Turkey.

In a 2013 ranking of Turkish districts, Beşiktaş placed first overall due to its high quality of life, prosperity, and cultural level. Beşiktaş is also the highest ranking Turkish district in terms of the Human Development Index, with an HDI of 0.864, while also ranking first in the individual indexes for income and education. The municipality is taking part in the Cities4Europe campaign and has qualified as a "European 12 Star City".

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Economy With the Ottoman dynasty's settlement in Dolmabahçe in the 17th century and many workers eventually settling in houses and mansions in Beşiktaş, many shopping places like Çarşı popped up, helping the area to be a developing economic centre. But with the proclamation of the Republic of turkey, and the capital being moved to Ankara, Beşiktaş's economic development came to a halt.

In the 1950s with the birth of the Levent and Etiler neighborhoods, and the construction of Barbaros Boulevard. The district started growing back and eventually transportation levels in the neighborhoods rose, and with the construction of the Bosphorus Bridge in 1973, many businesses centres and shopping malls got constructed and the district became a business district and tourism, with many skyscrapers and hotels like the Sabancı Center and Isbank Towers eventually getting built.

Beşiktaş is home to İşbank, Garanti BBVA, Akbank, Yapı Kredi and Fibabanka's head offices and embassies of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Israel, Northern Cyprus, South Africa, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. The consulate of Saudi Arabia, formerly in Beşiktaş, was moved to a building in the Istinye neighbourhood in Sarıyer district in September 2019, following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the building in 2018.

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Transport Beşiktaş is an important transport hub with ferries going to the Asian side and dozens of buses departing from the area.

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Beşiktaş has a population of over 186,100 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Beşiktaş has links with:

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Antipodal to Beşiktaş is: -150.987,-41.044

Locations Near: Beşiktaş 29.0129,41.0439

🇹🇷 Şişli 28.983,41.05 d: 2.6  

🇹🇷 Üsküdar 29.033,41.017 d: 3.5  

🇹🇷 Beyoğlu 28.974,41.032 d: 3.5  

🇹🇷 Kadıköy 29.017,40.983 d: 6.7  

🇹🇷 Istanbul 28.95,41 d: 7.2  

🇹🇷 Eyüp 28.933,41.033 d: 6.8  

🇹🇷 Eyüpsultan 28.933,41.033 d: 6.8  

🇹🇷 Gaziosmanpaşa 28.916,41.057 d: 8.3  

🇹🇷 Beykoz 29.097,41.126 d: 11.6  

🇹🇷 Ataşehir 29.117,40.983 d: 11  

Antipodal to: Beşiktaş -150.987,-41.044

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🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16838.8  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16480.7  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16381.5  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13244.6  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13124.1  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13106.3  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13105  

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