Istanbul CBD, Beyoğlu and Golden Horn, key business and shopping centers, universities, and selected metro stations and landmarks. Bold text=neighborhood, ⛴️=ferry pier, Fu=funicular station, M=metro station, T= tram stop, 🔧=under construction
Istanbul's Central Business District as the real estate industry refers to it, is not the historic city center, but a 7-km-long north–south corridor of modern areas mostly along Barbaros Boulevard and Büyükdere Avenue. As of late 2021, 33% of the Class A office space in the metropolitan area was located in the CBD, of which about 790,000 sqm in Maslak, 690,000 sqm in Levent, 500,000 sqm in Zincirlikuyu/Esentepe/Gayrettepe and 100,000 sqm in Etiler.[1]
The Istanbul Metro's Line 2 serves the CBD's main north-south corridor, with Line 6 and Line 7 providing east-west service. In addition, Line 7 is to be extended southward from Şişli—Mecidiyeköy station to Beşiktaş ferry station.
The historic city center is in Fatih and contains historic sites, the Grand Bazaar and adjacent wholesale/retail districts, but is not a modern "central business district" in that it does not have modern retail formats, dense residential and hotel towers, etc.
These can be found in the following edge cities with concentrations of office space, shopping malls, residential towers, entertainment and educational facilities, hospitals, etc.
From south to north, they are:[2]
Symbols
hospital metro line military base
museum/monument office/ residential tower pier
planned or under construction shopping mall/area
stadium university
N neighborhood D district
WEST
EAST
N O R T H
İstinye Park NMaslak, DSarıyer
Skyland
Vadistanbul Vadistanbul Radisson Collection Rams Park Galatasaray FC NAyazağaDSarıyer
Seyrantepe
3rd Corps/NATO Sanayi
National Defense
İtü Ayazağa Hilton Maslak Istanbul Technical
Kağıthane Merkez Kağıthane AXİS AVM
4. Levent Sheraton Levent Istanbul Sapphire NEmniyet evleriDKağıthane (W side) NKonaklarDBeşiktaş (E side)
Le Meridien Etiler
Etiler Boğaziçi Üniv. Boğaziçi
Çağlayan
Kanyon Özdilek Park Wyndham Grand Levent Hyatt Centric Metrocity NEsentepeDŞişli (W side) NLeventDBeşiktaş (E side)
Nispetiye Four Seasons Res. Akmerkez NNispetiyeDBeşiktaş
Marmaray Fıstıkağacı Bağlarbaşı Capitol mall, Altunizade Istanbul'sCentralBusinessDistrict as the real estate industry refers to it, is not the historic...
Istanbul Sapphire, or Sapphire, is a skyscraper located in the centralbusinessdistrict of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey. It was Istanbul's and Turkey's...
corridors and nodes of business and shopping centers and of tall residential buildings, include the IstanbulCentralBusinessDistrict in and around Şisli;...
A centralbusinessdistrict (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will...
municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,911 (2022). It is one of the main businessdistricts of Istanbul located...
Istanbul Tower 205 is a skyscraper located in the centralbusinessdistrict of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey. It is Istanbul's and Turkey's 6th tallest skyscraper...
located on the Büyükdere Avenue in the Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey. Opened on 15 October 2005, Istanbul Cevahir was the largest shopping mall in Europe...
Zorlu Center is a multiple-use complex in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey containing an upscale shopping mall, a five-star Raffles hotel and...
Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is...
neighbourhood in Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, in Turkey. Its population is 12,260 (2022). It is one of the main businessdistricts of Istanbul, located on the European...
elites as summer homes. Inland, north of Taksim Square is the IstanbulCentralBusinessDistrict, a set of corridors lined with office buildings, residential...
Ayazağa neighborhood, Sarıyer district, Istanbul. It forms the northern edge of the IstanbulCentralBusinessDistrict, a series of clustered residential...
and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 11,258 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, close to the business quarters...
of the Şişli district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. Part of Esentepe neighborhood, it is situated on a hilltop on the district border to Beşiktaş...
Economy of Istanbul covers the issues related to the economy of the city of Istanbul, Turkey. Historically, Istanbul has been the center of the country's...
Istanbul Airport (Turkish: İstanbul Havalimanı, IATA: IST, ICAO: LTFM) is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located...
opened in the then-new Kanyon Shopping Mall in Levent, in Istanbul's modern CentralBusinessDistrict (the store has since closed and opened in the newer,...
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hospital
metro line
military base
museum/monument
office/ residential tower
pier
planned or
shopping mall/area
stadium
university
Vadistanbul
Radisson Collection
Kağıthane 
Etiler
Taksim
Beyoğlu (Tünel)