Şişli
| Şişli-İstanbul | |
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Entrance to the Şişli station of the Istanbul Metro in front of Istanbul Cevahir, Europe's largest shopping mall.
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 Location of Şişli in Istanbul |
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 Şişli-İstanbul
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| Coordinates: 41°03′37″N 28°59′16″E / 41.06028°N 28.98778°ECoordinates: 41°03′37″N 28°59′16″E / 41.06028°N 28.98778°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Istanbul Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hayri İnönü (CHP) |
| • Governor | Mehmet Öklü |
| Area | |
| • District | 35.01 km2 (13.52 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • District | 318,217 |
| • District density | 9,100/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 34360, 34371, 34373, 34375, 34377, 34379, 34380, 34382, 34394, 34396 |
| Area code(s) | 0-212 |
| Website |
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Şişli (pronounced [ˈʃiʃli]) is one of 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, Şişli had a population of 316,058.
Until the 1800s, Şişli was open countryside, used for hunting and agriculture and leisure. It was developed as a middle class residential district during the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Turkish Republic (the late 19th-early 20th centuries). French culture had a great influence in this period and the big avenues of Şişli had a European look; big stone buildings with high ceilings and art nouveau wrought-iron balconies, little elevators on wires in the middle of the stairway and so on. This trading middle-class was composed of Jews, Greeks and Armenians as well as Turks, many built homes in Şişli after a large fire in the district of Beyoğlu in 1870. Still today many families of Istanbul's local Armenian community live in the Kurtuluş neighbourhood of Şişli. The area was also popular with the Levantine trading families of this period who settled for trade or were contracted by the Ottoman Empire. Şişli attracted migrants from the former lands in Greece and the Balkans. In the late 19th century Şişli was one of the first areas supplied with tramlines, electricity and a gas supply. The orphanage of Darülaceze and the large Şişli Etfal Hospital were built here in this period, as well as the French schools of St. Michel and Notre Dame de Sion.
Following the founding of the Turkish Republic in the 1920s, larger and larger buildings were put up along wide avenues such as Halaskargazi Caddesi, the main road that runs through the middle of Şişli, with its little arcades of shops below tall buildings of apartments and offices. In the republic the area was still the residence of the middle-class, as well as traders there were now writers and poets and Şişli acquired theatres, cafes and other cultural amenities. The Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus was built here in the 1950s and many others followed.
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