Sütlüce is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Beyoğlu Beyoğlu (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 9 km2, and its population is 225,920 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the o ...

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. Its population is 12,736 (2022). It is on the eastern bank of the Golden Horn. It faces Eyüp, one of Istanbul's most holy sites, across the water. Immediately north of Sütlüce are Alibeyköy and

Kağıthane Kağıthane (, also ''Kâğıthane''), formerly Sadâbad () and Glykà Nerà (Greek: Γλυκά Νερά, , 'sweet waters') is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 455,943 (2022). ...

, once, as the Sweet Waters of Europe, renowned beauty spots on two streams that flowed into the Golden Horn. Immediately to the south is Hasköy. In the 19th and early 20th centuries Sütlüce suffered from the decision to turn what had once been a famously beautiful area into an industrial zone. Belatedly the first two decades of the 20th century saw it redeveloped with a touristic future in mind. Its most prominent monument is the watersid
Halıc Conference Centre
in front of which replicas of the old caiques that used to ply the Golden Horn wait to carry tourists across to Eyüp on the opposite shore. A modern promenade leads north to Miniaturk where many of Turkey's best-known attractions have been reproduced in miniature. The Golden Horn ferry stops in Sütlüce, connecting it with

Üsküdar Üsküdar () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452 (2022). It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian (Asian) shore of the Bosphorus. It is border ...

Karaköy Karaköy (), the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus. Karaköy is one of the oldest and mo ...

Fener Fener (; ), also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the Golden Horn in the district of Fatih in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion" (Medieval Greek: Φανάριον), meaning lantern, streetlight o ...

, Balat, Ayvansaray, Hasköy and Eyüp.

Halıç Conference Centre

In 1923 Istanbul's largest

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was built on the shores of the Golden Horn according to plans drawn up by architects Osman Fitri and Marko Logos. Inevitably it caused considerable air and water pollution and was eventually closed down in 1984, reopening as the Haliç Conference Centre in 2009. Today it stands as a fine example of Turkey's First National Architecture style. Its attractive towers once served as ice-houses in the days before refrigeration. The conversion of the slaughterhouse was financed by the Istanbul Municipality as part of a larger plan to improve the condition of the Golden Horn and turn it away from heavy industry and towards tourism. It has a fairground of , a quayside of with a green space of . The complex comprises a concert hall for 3,000 people, a theatre for 1,100 people, three movie theatres with a capacity of 800, 14 work halls and a restaurant that can seat 650 people. The centre hosted around 30,000 delegates for the 5th

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between 16 and 20 March 2009.

Education

Istanbul Commerce University and Haliç University both have campuses in Sütlüce.

References

Neighbourhoods of Beyoğlu Golden Horn {{Istanbul-geo-stub