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NIGHT LIFE

İstanbul is an international art and cultural center. The International Arts and Cultural Festival is held each year in June and July with famous artists coming from all over the world. These performances are held mostly at the Atatürk Cultural Center. The İstanbul Science Center (Bilim Merkezi), founded by the Science Center Foundation and located on the campus of İstanbul Technical University, has hands-on experimental and theoretical opportunities for adults and children of various educational levels. In March and April you can lake in the International Film Festival. Those who enjoy classical music can hear it at the Cemal Reşit Rey Hall. Operas, operettas, ballets, films, concerts, exhibitions and conferences all contribute to the cultural palette of the city.

İstanbul also has a rich program of light entertainment. Nightclubs provide splendid entertainment throughout dinner, ranging from a selection of Turkish songs to belly-dancing. Alongside these are modern discos, cabarets, and jazz clubs in the Taksim-Harbiye district. In Sultanahmet, there are a number of restaurants in restored Byzantine and Ottoman buildings which offer a unique setting for an evening out.

Kumkapı, with its many taverns, bars and fish restaurants, is another attractive district. People have been meeting for years at Çicek Pasajı in the district of Beyoğlu for snacks and seafood specialties. Also in the area near Çiçek Pasajı is the narrow Nevizade Street, which is the best place in İstanbul for eating Turkish specialties and drinking rakı, the special Turkish drink.

On the Bosphorus, Ortaköy is the best place for nightlife in İstanbul, with its nightclubs, jazz clubs, line seafood restaurants and bars.


At Eminönü do not miss the opportunity of seeing the fishermen dressed in traditional Ottoman dollies and their Ottoman-style boats on which you may board to sample their delicious fried fish.


You may also want to visit Tatilya Cumhuriyeti, a large amusement park in Beylikdüzü past Haramidere on the road to the Atatürk International Airport.
Exhibition and Congress Halls
 
Name District Contact Information
CNR World Trade Center Yeşilköy Phone: +90 212 663 08 81
Dolmabahçe Culture Center Harbiye  
Feshane Fair Center Eyüp Phone: +90 212 341 05 00
İstanbul Hilton Exhibition Center Elmadağ Phone: +90 212 225 09 31
İTÜ Ayazağa Campus Fair Area Ayazağa  
Lütfi Kırdar International Congress and Exhibition Hall Harbiye Phone: +90 212 296 30 55
Fax: +90 212 296 30 99
TÜYAP Fair and Congress Hall Beylikdüzü Phone: +90 212 886 68 43
                886 62 43
TÜYAP İstanbul Exhibition Hall Tepebaşı Phone: +90 212 212 31 12
                 252 50 70
                 245 33 45
Concert Halls and Showlands
 
Name District Contact Information
Aksanat Culture and Art Center Beyoğlu Phone: + 90 212 252 35 00
Aya İrini Sultanahmet Phone: + 90 212 526 07 24
Babylon Performance Center Beyoğlu Phone: + 90 212 292 73 68
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Borusan Culture and Art Center Beyoğlu Phone: + 90 212 292 06 55
Bostancı Show Center Bostancı Phone: + 90 216 384 72 10
Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall Harbiye Phone: + 90 212 232 98 30
Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre Harbiye Phone: + 90 212 296 39 41 - 42
Crystal Ortaköy Phone: + 90 212 278 45 78
Darüşşafaka Çetin Berkmen Sports and Social Facilities Open-Air Theatre Maslak Phone: + 90 212 286 26 76
Fax: + 90 212 276 36 69
 
Darüşşafaka Çetin Berkmen Facilities Maslak Phone: 0212 286 26 76
Fax: 0212 286 21 28
Dulcinea Beyoğlu Phone: + 90 212 245 10 39 
       0 212 245 10 48
Efendy Show Theatre Maslak Phone: + 90 212 286 82 86
       0 212 329 29 29
Enka Open-Air Theatre İstinye Phone: + 90 212 276 22 14
Enka Oditorium İstinye Phone: + 90 212 276 22 14 - 15
Esma Sultan Shore Ortaköy  
Feshane Festival Hall Eyüp Phone: + 90 212 501 73 26
Fax: + 90 212 501 73 28
Milk Music Club Beyoğlu Phone: + 90 212 292 11 19

Mydonose Showland

 Yeşilköy Phone: + 90 212 335 93 35
Parkorman Maslak Phone: + 90 212 328 20 00
Rock House Ortaköy Phone: + 90 212 259 19 42
Roxy Taksim Phone: + 90 212 249 12 83
Rumeli Hisarı Open-Air Theatre Rumeli Hisarı  
Switch Beyoğlu Phone: + 90 212 292 74 58
Tatilya Entertainment Center Beylikdüzü Phone: + 90 212 852 05 05
Fax: + 90 212 852 05 70
Basilica Cistern Sultanahmet Phone: + 90 212 522 12 59
 
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