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The starting point for visitors is bustling Karaköy Pier on the European side. Istanbul was the No. 2 city in the world for international arrivals in 2024, according to data analytics company ...
Levent is one of the main business districts in Istanbul, together with Maslak and Şişli on the European side and Ataşehir on the Asian side. Istanbul had the eleventh-largest economy among the world's urban areas in 2018, and is responsible for 30 percent of Turkey's industrial output, [226] 31 percent of GDP, [226] and 47 percent of tax ...
Istanbul Sapphire is the first tower at left. Levent is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 2,911 (2022). [2] It is one of the main business districts of Istanbul located on the European side of the city.
Otoyol 1 (English: Motorway 1), abbreviated as O-1 and locally referred to as The First Beltway [1] (Turkish: 1. Çevreyolu), 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 the O-2, and O-7, as well as connecting the European ...
Kadıköy is an older settlement than most of those on the Anatolian side of the city of Istanbul.Relics dating to 5500–3500 BC (Chalcolithic period) have been found at the Fikirtepe Mound, and articles of stone, bone, ceramic, jewelry and bronze show that there has been a continuous settlement since prehistoric times.
Üsküdar is a stop on the Marmaray rail service at the point where it starts its journey under the Bosphorus, re-emerging on the European side at Sirkeci. Via Marmaray, Üsküdar is linked to Gebze on the Asian side of the city and Halkali on the European side. Üsküdar is also a stop on the M5 Metro line to Çekmeköy.
Barbaros Boulevard at Zincirlikuyu. Zincirlikuyu is a major bus interchange of the European site in Istanbul. It features bus stations in all four directions, to Levent, Mecidiyeköy and Beşiktaş 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.
The former capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, was once served on both its Asian and European sides by a large network of trams in Istanbul. Its first-generation tram network first operated as a horse tram system starting in 1871, and was eventually converted to electric trams in the early twentieth century.