Moda is a quarter in

Kadıköy Kadıköy () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district on the Asian side of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 467,919 (2023). It is a large and populous area in the Asian si ...

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. It 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

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

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and

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church buildings, Georgian art house, theatres, French Lycée Saint-Joseph (1870)

Kadıköy Anatolian High School Kadıköy Anatolian High School (), also commonly known as Kadıköy Maarif College, abbreviated Kadıköy Maarif or KAL, is one of the oldest, most prestigious Anatolian High Schools and internationally renowned high schools of Turkey; located in ...

(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 (), is an opera house, opera hall located at Gen. Asım Gündüz Avenue No: 29, in the Bahariye quarter of the Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was designed by Armenian ...

, 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 people, Turkish rock music, rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television ...

, 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

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