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District guide · Istanbul

Sarıyer

A photograph of Sarıyer
Photograph · User:Darwinek · CC BY-SA 3.0

Sarıyer is a municipality on the northeastern European side of Istanbul, extending to the Black Sea coast west of the Bosphorus mouth and encompassing Kilyos. The district contains Rumeli Hisarı, a fortified museum, Sadberk Hanım Müzesi, and the Atatürk Arboretumu. The historical mansions, religious sites, and nature park make Sarıyer notable for those drawn to Ottoman heritage and coastal Istanbul.

Editorial responsibility: Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Practical information

Language spoken
Turkish
The official language of the Republic of Turkiye
Dialling code
+90 212 · +90 216
212 on the European side, 216 on the Asian; drop the leading 0 from abroad
Currency
Turkish lira (₺, TRY)
The official currency; one lira is divided into 100 kurus
Emergency number
112
One number for ambulance, fire and police
Plug type
European two-pin · 220 V
The national living guide records 220 V and European-style two-pin plugs
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified national source in the dataset

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Sakıp Sabancı Museum Sakıp Sabancı Museum
    02 2 hours

    Sakıp Sabancı Museum

    Sabancı Üniversitesi Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi

    This is a museum that used to be somebody's house, and the house has an unusually crowded guest list. From 1848 to 1884 the Emirgan mansion passed through a succession of high-ranking pasha families and Egyptian khedives.

    • High
    • Museum
  2. Emirgan Park Emirgan Park
    03 1 hr 30 min

    Emirgan Park

    Emirgan Korusu

    Emirgan Park is 470,000 square metres of wooded hillside above the European shore of the Bosphorus in Sarıyer, and it has been changing hands for as long as anyone has been writing things down.

    • Notable
    • Nature site

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·