Moda is a quarter in

Kadıköy Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea of ...

district of

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, Turkey. Moda is located on a peninsula between the center of Kadıköy and the Kurbağalıdere creek on the Anatolian part of Istanbul. The place became an outstanding residential area only after the 1870s, when wealthy non-Muslims settled down there by building their own mansions. It is a multi-cultural place with

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and

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church buildings,

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art house, theatres, French Lycée Saint-Joseph (1870) Kadıköy Anatolian High School (1955), old curiosity shops, fish and international food restaurants. Moda is served by the 2003-established Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram line. Notable buildings and structures in Moda are: *

Süreyya Opera House Süreyya Opera House, also called Süreyya Cultural Center ( tr, Süreyya Operası or Süreyya Kültür Merkezi), is an opera hall located at Gen. Asım Gündüz Avenue No: 29, in the Bahariye quarter of the Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey ...

, 1927-opened opera house, * Moda Marine Club (1935), * Moda Pier, 1917-built, 2022-restored

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pier. ;Historic mansions * Agah Bey Mansion, * Antipa Mansion, * Bursalı Riza Bey Mansion, * Dowson Mansion, * Mahmut Ata Bey Mansion, * Cemil Cem Mansion, * Fredrichi Mansion, * Fürstenberger Mansion, * Cemal Kutay Mansion, * Lorando Mansion, * Arif Sarıca Mansion, a 1903-built mansion, residence of concert pianist Ayşegül Sarıca, * Şevket Salih Soysal Mansion, * Mahmut Muhtar Pasha Mansion, * Reşit Pasha Mansion, * Tubini Mansion * Whittall Mansion, a 1900 built mansion, which was home to rock musician

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beg ...

, and is a historic house museum today,

Gallery

File:Istanbul asv2021-11 img50 Süreyya Opera.jpg,

File:BE ModaSahnesi 20200203 01.jpg, Moda Stage File:Barış Manço’nun Evi.jpg,

monument in front of the Whittall Mansion, today a historic house museum File:Kaksk.jpg, Mahmud Muhtar Pasha mansion File:Ayatriada front 05 08 2016.JPG, Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church File:Notre Dame de l'Assomption Istanbul 05 08 2016.jpg, Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Roman Catholic) File:Allsaintsmoda front 05 08 2016.JPG, All Saints Moda Church (Anglican) File:Istanbul asv2021-11 img51 Nostalgic tram T3.jpg, Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram File:Moda İskelesi 2019-08.jpg, Moda Pier

References

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