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The Istanbul Commerce University Faculty of Law or ICU Law (Turkish: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi or İTİCÜ Hukuk) is the law school of Istanbul Commerce University offering undergraduate and graduate programs, located in İstanbul, Turkey. The faculty was established in 2001 as one of the first law schools in Turkey. Growing since, it is the third highest scores demanding private law school nationwide after Bilkent Law and TOBB Law as of 2011.

Kâğıthane Creek (Turkish: Kâğıthane Deresi) is a small river located in Istanbul. It originates from a source in the east of Lake Durusu. Eyüp passes through the districts of Şişli and pours into Haliç in Kâğıthane. It is rumored that the creek, known as "Barbisos" in the Byzantine period, started to be referred to as the Kâğıthane Creek due to the paper factory around it during the Ottoman period. Today, the edges of the stream, which has a dense settlement around it, were covered with large meadows in the past. The horses belonging to the palace were grazed in these meadows. The creek was one of the main promenade places for the people of Istanbul. There were boat rides in it. The Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi talks about the Kâğıthane Creek with all these features in the section he describes Istanbul in his work Seyahatname.In the period referred to as Tulip period in Ottoman history. Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi built the similar mansions he saw during his European trips here. After this date, the meadows on the edges of the stream have become a place where the prominent residents of Istanbul are summer residences. However, all the pavilions and pavilions on the banks of the Kâpaperhane Creek were destroyed during the 1730 Patrona Halil. Kâpaperhane and its surroundings, which could not recapture their old glory later, faced intense internal migration to Istanbul after the 1950s. Slum-like settlements concentrated in the stream bed grew unplanned and evolved into today's neighborhoods. Infrastructure shortage and crooked urbanization and wrong planning have created major problems for the creek. The stream, which is heavily polluted by the surrounding industrial establishments, also pollutes the Golden Horn and therefore Bosporus and Sea of Marmara; it smelled foul around. Since the creek was taken underground by covering it above ground, it carried it in rainy seasons and did not fit in its bed, causing great damage to the surrounding settlements. The stream, which was partially cleaned and rehabilitated through extensive works started in the 90s, was cleaned of bad odors spread to the environment.

Istanbul Health and Technology University, was established by Neutec, Bilgiç Foundation and took its place in higher education to start its activities in the 2020-2021 academic year as a foundation university that gained public legal personality with "Additional Article 196 (Additional: 9/5/2018-7141/7 md)", "Article 13 of the law dated 25/3/2020 and numbered 7226" with its publication in the Official Gazette. Istanbul Health and Technology University started its education life with Topkapı Campus in Zeytinburnu. In the second academic year, it opened Merter Campus and provided education in two campuses until the 2023-2024 academic year. Since the 2023-2024 academic year, it continues its education at Sütlüce Campus. On 3 January 2024, with the handover ceremony held on 3 January 2024, the founding rector Prof. Dr. Seyhan Alkan handed over his duty to Prof. Dr. Buğra Özen, who was appointed instead.

Semystra (Ancient Greek: Σημύστρα) was a town of ancient Thrace. Dionysius of Byzantium wrote that there was an altar of the nymph Semystra there, whence the name of the town. Semystra was a nymph, she nurtured the Keroessa, who was the daughter of Io and Zeus. Dionysius added that Semystra nearly became a big city during the Greek colonization, since the leaders of the colonization tried to found the city, but during the sacrifices, a crow snatched one of the thighs from the middle of the flames and carried it to the Bosporion promontory. The rest of the Greeks saw this as a sign from Apollo and went to the spot were the crow left the thigh.Its site is located at the head of the Golden Horn in European Turkey.

The SantralIstanbul (Turkish: Santralİstanbul), opened in 2007, is an arts and cultural complex located at the upper end of Golden Horn in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey. The center, consisting of an energy museum, an amphitheater, concert halls and a public library, is situated within the Silahtarağa campus of Istanbul Bilgi University that was formerly the first power station of the Ottoman Empire. Arts, cultural, educational and social buildings of SantralIstanbul, having an area of 118,000 m2, are all housed in the facilities of the former Silahtarağa Power Station, which served from 1914 to 1983 for supplying Istanbul with electric power. The site is named after the Turkish word "santral" for power plant.

Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkish: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Dolapdere and Kozyatağı.As of 2020, Istanbul Bilgi University has near 20,000 students and 45,000 graduates; approximately 1,500 academicians; 7 faculties, 3 institutes, 4 schools, 3 vocational schools, and more than 150 programs that provide education to its associate, undergraduate and graduate students.

The Silahtarağa Power Station (Turkish: Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı) was a coal-fired generating station located in Istanbul Turkey. The Ottoman Empire's first power plant, it was in use from 1914 to 1983. The site has since been converted into a university campus for the Istanbul Bilgi University and houses two museums and several facilities. It was refurbished and renamed SantralIstanbul in 2007.

The Fil Bridge (Turkish: Fil Köprüsü), also known as Silahtarağa Bridge (Turkish: Silahtarağa Köprüsü) is a 38 m (125 ft) long, concrete bowstring bridge that crosses the Alibeyköy Creek in Istanbul, Turkey. The bridge was completed in 1932 by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The bridge is closed to automobile traffic, with the exception of motorcycles, and is a pedestrian bridge.

Bahariye Mevlevihanesi (Beşiktaş Mevlevi house - Bahariye Mevlevi lodge) was the third establishment after Galata and Yenikapı Mevlevi houses and established in 1613 by the Ottoman Grand Vizier Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. The Beşiktaş Mevlevihane was a building that suffered a number of misfortunes; first of all it was demolished to make way for the Çırağan Palace and rebuilt next to the graveyard in Maçka. It was again demolished to make way for the new barracks being built on the orders of Sultan Abdülaziz, and rebuilt yet again on a site beside the Golden Horn in the Bahariye neighbourhood, which is on the road leading from Eyüp to Alibeyköy, thus gaining a new lease of life. The Bahariye Mevlevihane, which consisted of a number of timber buildings resembling mansions, added a further dimension of beauty to this part of the Golden Horn. However, after the closure of the dervish convents these buildings were either destroyed by fire or demolished and nothing survives to indicate where it once stood.

Sütlüce is a neighborhood in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the eastern bank of Golden Horn across Eyüp. Istanbul's main slaughterhouse was situated in Sütlüce. The facility, which caused great air and water pollution to the natural environment at Golden Horn, was abandoned in 1984 after 61 years of service. In accordance with the city's urban redevelopment plan and following the establishment of Miniatürk, SantralIstanbul and Rahmi M. Koç Museum around and the transformation of the old slaughterhouse into a modern congress complex, Sütlüce became a center of attraction for real estate investors.

Haliç Congress Center (Turkish: Haliç Kongre Merkezi), formerly Karağaç Slaughterhouse (Karağaç Mezbahası) or Sütlüce Slaughterhouse (Sütlüce Mezbahası), is a building initially opened in 1923 in order to ensure hygienic slaughtering and supervision in Istanbul. Its architect is Vedat Tek. Since 2009, it has been used as a congress and cultural center, under the name of Haliç Congress Center.

Piyer Loti Museum is a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Piyer Loti refers to Pierre Loti (1850–1923), the French novelist who spent a part of his life in Istanbul.