Delphin (Thrace)

The "rainbow stairs" (or sometimes "rainbow steps") refer to a rainbow-painted staircase in Beyoğlu, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Turkish: Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, or MSGSÜ) is a Turkish state university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighbuorhood of Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Turkey.Founded in 1882 by Osman Hamdi Bey, the institution imitated the traditional European Beaux-Arts model and was the first Western-style art academy of its kind in the Middle East.The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts High Schools in İstanbul and Ankara are nothing to do with the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

The Orhan Kemal Literature Museum (Turkish: Orhan Kemal Müzesi) is a literary museum and archive in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to Turkish literature, and named after novelist Orhan Kemal (1914–1970). Established with the support of Orhan Kemal Culture and Arts Center, the museum is situated in a five-story building in Cihangir neighborhood of Beyoglu. On display are photographs about his private life taken by Ara Güler, family photographs, original first edition of his books, his private letters, critics, articles and dissertations about his works. His study room contains his typewriter and many other personal belongings. His death mask is also exhibited in the museum. The building houses a bibliothek and a cafeteria for visitors.It is accessible by walking from Taksim Square, and is open from 9:00 to 18:00 local time except Sundays. Admission is free of charge.

Cihangir is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beyoğlu, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,739 (2022). It is between Taksim Square and Kabataş. It has many narrow streets, two parks, and many street cafes especially in and around Akarsu Yokuşu Sokağı. The neighbourhood has a bohemian reputation. It is known for its artists, writers, actors, and expatriates - as well as large army of street cats. It was also a stronghold for protesters during the Gezi Park protests.Cihangir was named after Şehzade Cihangir whose heart-broken father, Suleiman the Magnificent, had Mimar Sinan build a mosque overlooking the Bosphorus to commemorate his death. The name means "conqueror" in Turkish and, in turn, comes from the Persian compound word jahan + gir (جهانگیر), meaning "conqueror of the world". Today, the Cihangir Mosque, originally built in 1559 but reconstructed in 1889, offers views across the Bosphorus to Sarayburnu.In 2012, the British newspaper The Guardian included Cihangir and neighbouring Çukurcuma in the list of the five best places in the world to live, next to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in Spain; the district of Sankt Pauli, in Hamburg, the north coast of Maui, in Hawaii and Portland, in the state of Oregon (United States).Ece Temelkuran wrote that this neighbourhood is like Soho, Manhattan.

Aianteion was a town of ancient Thrace, inhabited during Roman times.Its site is located near Salı pazar in European Turkey.

Nusretiye Mosque is an ornate mosque located in Tophane district of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey. While its architecture is influenced by Islamic elements, it retains a Baroque style, making it unique to the city. It was built in 1823-1826 by Sultan Mahmut II.

The Taksim German Hospital (Turkish: Taksim Alman Hastanesi) is a health care institution in Cihangir, Istanbul which is owned by the Universal Hospitals Group since 1992. It was closed for a three-year refurbishment and re-opened in 1995. The hospital had around 300 beds. It shut down most of its clinics during 2013 and closed its doors indefinitely following a temporary, one-month closure in 2014.The hospital was founded in 1852 by three nurses working to the model of German Pastor Theodor Fliedner.

Fındıklı is the northernmost neighbourhood of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus. Tophane is to the south and Kabataş to the north. Towards the water it is a mainly business and hotel district although it becomes residential in the streets running uphill towards Gümüşsuyu. Fındıklı is served by the T1 tram service. Along the waterfront, the quarter is home to the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, which is housed in what were once the Twin Palaces (Çifte Saraylar) of Münire Sultan and Cemile Sultan, the daughters of Sultan Abdülmecid. The small Fındıklı Park beside it contains sculptures created by the students of the university. The Twin Palaces briefly housed the Ottoman Parliament (Meclis-i Mebusan) The waterfront Molla Çelebi Mosque was designed by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan in 1561-62. It was once part of a complex with a dervish lodge (tekke) and hamam but these were both lost to the widening of the Meclis-i Mebusan coast road. The imposing free-standing Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Fountain stands at the point where Fındıklı merges with neighbouring Kabataş. It was built in 1732 for Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa who served as rand vizier twice and originally stood on higher ground on the inland side of the road before being moved when the coast road was widened.

Dolapdere is a quarter of Beyoğlu district in central Istanbul, Turkey. It is surrounded by the quarters of Taksim, Kasımpaşa, Pangaltı and Kurtuluş.

The Molla Çelebi Mosque (Turkish: Molla Çelebi Camii), sometimes known as the Fındıklı Mosque (Turkish: Fındıklı Camii) is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was commissioned by Kazasker Mehmet Vusuli Efendi, chief judge of Istanbul and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. The mosque is located on the Bosphorus waterfront, close to the Kabataş ferry port and Dolmabahçe Mosque.

Nusretiye Clock Tower, aka Tophane Clock Tower, is a clock tower situated in Tophane, a neighborhood in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey next to Nusretiye Mosque and Tophane Kiosk at the European waterfront of Bosphorus. It was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid I (1823–1861), designed by architect Garabet Amira Balyan and completed in 1848. Designed in neo-classical style, the four-sided, three-story clock tower is 15 m high. A tughra of Sultan Abdülmecid I is put on above the entrance. The original clock and the clock face are in a state of disrepair. The clock tower along with Nusretiye Mosque and the Tophane Kiosk survived the urban renewal and highway construction program of the mid-1950s. However, it remained within the customs warehouse area of Istanbul Port, cut off from the public access today.

Tophane (Turkish pronunciation: [topˈhane]) is a quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, running downhill from Galata to the shore of the Bosphorus where it joins up with Karaköy to the southwest and Fındıklı to the northeast. In the Ottoman era, it was the city's first industrial zone. Despite rapid gentrification, parts of Tophane remain conservative and there have been clashes over some developments in the area. In 2021 the large new Galataport cruise terminal opened at the point where Tophane reaches the shore, bringing the likelihood of even faster change to the area.