Walking around Istanbul Levent çarşı to Etiler. Levent is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Resident population is around three thousand and one of the main business districts of Istanbul located on the European side of the city situated to the north of the Golden Horn, at the western shore of the Bosphorus strait.
Levent, together with nearby Maslak, is one of the main business districts on the European side of the city, where numerous skyscraper projects are currently under construction or in the planning phase. One of the modern skyline clusters of the city is located here, hidden behind the hills of the Bosphorus and not disturbing the atmosphere of the historical peninsula of Istanbul.
The stations Levent and 4. Levent along the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro serve the Levent business district and its surrounding neighbourhoods.
In 1868, during the first territorial organization of the Istanbul Municipality, Levend (Levent) was placed within the district of Beşiktaş having remained within this district ever since.
The modern neighbourhood of Levent was formed in 1947, when Emlak Kredi Bankası (a Turkish bank which was established to finance housing projects) chose the Levent area for constructing a well-planned residential compound, formed mostly of villa type houses with gardens. After the completion of the first phase of the Levent project in 1960, numerous other residential compounds were constructed in the area, eventually extending towards nearby Etiler.
Starting from the late 1980s and early 1990s, with initial projects such as the Sabancı Center, Yapı Kredi Towers, TAT Towers, Metrocity Towers and İş Bankası Towers, Levent became a popular location for constructing new skyscrapers, mostly owned by Turkish banks and conglomerates. One of the city's major skyline clusters (together with those of Maslak and Şişli on the European side; and Ataşehir and Kozyatağı on the Asian side of Istanbul) is located in Levent. At present, Levent hosts the tallest skyscraper of Istanbul and Turkey, Istanbul Sapphire. Also construction of numerous new mixed-use skyscraper projects and shopping malls are ongoing in the neighbourhood, which has evolved into a central business district and still growing.
The tallest skyscraper in Levent is the 54-floor Istanbul Sapphire, which has a roof height of 238 metres was Istanbul's tallest skyscraper between 2010 and 2016 - as of 2020, it is the 4th tallest skyscraper in Turkey, behind Metropol Istanbul Tower 1 (70 floors / 301 metres including its twin spires) in the Ataşehir district on the Asian side of the city; and Skyland Istanbul Towers 1 and 2 (293 meters), located adjacent to Galatasaray Rams Park Stadium in the Seyrantepe.
00:00 Introduction
02:35 Levent Çarşı Street
12:00 Nisbetiye Street
22:10 Ahmet Adnan Saygun Street
Filmed on: Oct. 10, 2023 (Tue. 02-30 pm)
Temperature: 78°F 26°C
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