Istanbul Central Business District

Maslak

Atatürk Oto Sanayi

İstinye Park

Natl. Defense Univ.

Ayazağa/ITÜ

Istanbul Technical Univ.

Vadistanbul mall

Vadistanbul funicular

Skyland

Rams Park (Galatasaray FC)

Kağıthane

Kağıthane retail area

Sanayi

Seyrantepi

Etiler

Nispetiye

Boğaziçi Univ.

Taşçioğlu
Hospital

Trump Tower/AVM

Astoria

Profilo

Çağlayan

Şişli Mecidiyeköy

Fulya
area

Fulya metro

Otim

Bomonti

İstanbul
Cevahir

Osmanbey

Nişantası

İstanbul Sapphire, 4 Levent metro

Kanyon mall

ÖzdilekPark

Levent/
Metrocity

Gayreteppe

Zincirlikuyu
Zorlu Center

Barabaros Blvd./ Yıldız Tech. Univ.
Yıldız metro

Beşiktaş
(⛴️ T1 🔧M7)

Istanbul Congress Center

Grand Hyatt

Intercontinental

Hilton Bosphorus

Taksim Fu

İstiklal Caddesi

Kabataş
(⛴️ Fu T1 🔧M7)

Şişhane

Galata
Tower

Galataport

Modern Art

Karaköy (Fu, T1)

Eminönü (Old City) ⛴️

Üsküdar
⛴️, Marmaray

Fıstıkağacı

Bağlarbaşı

Capitol mall, Altunizade

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 N Maslak, D Sarıyer
N O R T H	Skyland	Vadistanbul Vadistanbul Radisson Collection Rams Park Galatasaray FC N Ayazağa D Sarıyer	Seyrantepe	3rd Corps/NATO Sanayi	National Defense	İtü Ayazağa Hilton Maslak Istanbul Technical
	Kağıthane Merkez Kağıthane AXİS AVM			4. Levent Sheraton Levent Istanbul Sapphire N Emniyet evleri D Kağıthane (W side) N Konaklar D Beşiktaş (E side)	Le Meridien Etiler	Etiler Boğaziçi Üniv. Boğaziçi
	Çağlayan			Kanyon Özdilek Park Wyndham Grand Levent Hyatt Centric Metrocity N Esentepe D Şişli (W side) N Levent D Beşiktaş (E side)	Nispetiye Four Seasons Res. Akmerkez N Nispetiye D Beşiktaş
	Taşçioğlu	Trump Towers Şişli Mecidiyeköy İstanbul Cevahir Marriott Hotels Radisson Blu N Mecidiyeköy D Şişli	Astoria Fairmount Kempinski Res. Profilo	Gayrettepe Gayrettepe Zorlu Center Mövenpick Raffles N Esentepe, Levazım, Balmumcu D Beşiktaş
	N Bomonti	N Fulya	N Otim	Fulya
		Osmanbey Westin	N Nişantaşı American Hospital St. Regis Park Hyatt	Yıldız Technical Yıldız Conrad N Yıldız D Beşiktaş		Mandarin Oriental
			Congress Center Hilton Grand Hyatt Intercontinental Divan N Harbiye D Şişli	N Maçka D Şişli
S O U T H			Intercontinental Marmara Taksim Gezi Park Taksim Square Taksim	Four Seasons Beşiktaş ( ) Shangri-La Swissotel Dolmabahce Palace	Çırağan Palace Kempinski N Yıldız D Beşiktaş
			İstiklal Avenue	Kabataş
		Şişhane Beyoğlu (Tünel) Galata Tower N Berketzade D Beyoğlu (Pera)	Fındıklı Galataport Modern Art Tophane
		Karaköy (Tünel) Karaköy Pier	Peninsula Hotel Novotel JW Marriott