Şehzadebaşı is a quarter ({{langx, tr, semt) of the

Fatih Fatih () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the mayor's office, police headquarters, metro ...

district in the European part of

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. Although its exact boundaries cannot be drawn as it is a quarter, administratively it covers part of the ''

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'' of Kemalpaşa and Kalenderhane. It is a busy centre due to its proximity to the quarter of Saraçhane, Vezneciler and Unkapanı.

Landmarks

It hosts the

Şehzade Mosque The Şehzade Mosque () is a 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque located in the district of Fatih, on the third hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent as a memorial to his son Şehzade Mehmed who died in 1543 ...

, one of the first works of

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Transportation

The quarter is served by the M2 metro line, which came into service in March 2014, with a station at Vezneciler. Quarters of Fatih