| Kadıköy (Istanbul) | |
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Location  | |
| State | Turkey |
|---|---|
| POSTAL CODE | 34710 (Caferağa) 34714 (Osmanağa) 34716 (Rasimpaşa) 34718 (Koşuyolu) 34720 (Fikirtepe) 34722 (Eğitim) 34724 (Feneryolu) 34726 (Fenerbahçe) 34728 (Caddebostan) 34730 (Göztepe) 34732 (Merdivenköy) 34734 (Sahrayıcedit) 34736 (Ondokuzmayis) 34738 (Erenköy) 34740 (Suadiye) 34742 (Kozyataği) 34744 (Bostancı) |
| Website | Institutional website of the Municipality, Institutional website of the district governorate |
Kadıköy is a district (Ilçe) and a municipality (Belediye) subject to the metropolitan municipality (Büyükşehir Belediyesi) of Istanbul.
To know
Located on the Asian shore, Kadıköy has around half a million inhabitants surveyed in 2007.
Geographical notes
It is located south of the district and municipality of Shkodra, in the Asian part of the city, overlooking the Sea of Marmara.
Background
Kadıköy corresponds to the ancient city of Chalcedon.
How to orient yourself
Kadıköy: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Kadıköy has seventeen neighborhoods (Semtler) and twenty-one neighborhoods (Mahalleler), which are:
- Bostancı, with the neighborhood of Bostancı.
- Caddebostan, with the neighborhood of Caddebostan.
- Caferağa, with the neighborhood of Caferağa.
- Eğitim, with the neighborhoods of Eğitim · Hasanpaşa.
- Erenköy, with the neighborhood of Erenköy.
- Fenerbahçe, with the neighborhood of Fenerbahçe
- Feneryolu, with the neighborhoods of Feneryolu · Zühtüpaşa.
- Fikirtepe, with the neighborhoods of Dumlupınar · Fikirtepe.
- Göztepe, with the neighborhood of Göztepe.
- Koşuyolu, with the neighborhoods of Acibadem · Koşuyolu.
- Kozyataği, with the neighborhood of Kozyataği.
- Merdivenköy, with the neighborhood of Merdivenköy.
- Ondokuzmayis, with the neighborhood of 19. Mayis.
- Osmanağa, with the neighborhood of Osmanağa.
- Rasimpaşa, with the neighborhood of Rasimpaşa.
- Sahrayıcedit, with the neighborhood of Sahrayıcedit.
- Suadiye, with the neighborhood of Suadiye.
How to get
From Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW)
The airport is about forty kilometers from the Kadikoy pier and there are two ways to get to the district from there.
- The urban bus E-10 active 24 hours a day. It starts in front of the arrivals terminal and the ticket (price October 2012: 7 TL) can be purchased at the kiosk of the city transport company located in front of the bus. The E-10 bus with the Ekspres lettering takes less time to make the journey as it travels a faster route.
- Bus Havatas active between 4.00 and 1.00. Shuttle service that operates every day, price January 2013: 8 TL
On the train
- 1 Söğütlüçeşme station (Söğütlüçeşme İstasyonu).
- 2 Haydarpaşa Station (Haydarpaşa Garı).
How to get around
What see
What to do
- 1 Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium (Ülker Stadium) (1km east of Kadıköy metro station and ferry dock). Fenerbahçe SK, a 47,834-seat stadium, plays there. It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus.
Shopping
How to have fun
Shows
- 1 Süreyya Operası (Süreyya Opera House), Bahariye Caddesi Caferağa Mahallesi No: 29, ☎ 90 2163461531. In operation since 1927, the Süreyya Opera House underwent a thorough restoration in the early 21st century and reopened its doors in 2007. Tickets can be purchased one month before the show at the box office of the theater or at the Atatürk Center on the square Taksim.
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Ciya sofrasi, Caferağa Mahallesi, Güneşli Bahçe sokak 43 (400 meters from the Kadıköy Pier.), ☎ 90 216 3303190, fax: 90 216 3491902, @[email protected]. Modest inn that has gained international fame thanks to the inventiveness of chef Musa Dagdeviren who freely interprets recipes of Turkish regional cuisine. Reservation is required.
Where stay
How to keep in touch
Post office
In all branches (şubeleri) of the PTT (Organization of Posts and Telegraphs, in Turkish: Mail ve Telgraf Teşkilatı), in addition to sending letters, parcels and telegrams, it is also possible to exchange currency.
Internet
Various free wireless Internet connection points (WLAN and OWLAN) are made available to the public by hotels, companies, municipalities, restaurants, supermarkets and others. Find a fairly up-to-date map on wiman.me.
