
Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Beyoğlu is an administrative district on the European side of Istanbul, occupying the hillside and ridge north of the Golden Horn between the Bosphorus waterfront and the commercial corridor of İstiklal Avenue. Historically known as Pera — the foreign quarter of Ottoman Constantinople — the district has served as Istanbul's centre of cosmopolitan culture, nightlife, and independent commerce since the nineteenth century, encompassing neighbourhoods including Galata, Cihangir, Tophane, and Taksim.









