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Rumeli Hisarı
Rumeli Hisarı is a fortress built to close a strait, and everything about it follows from that one job.
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- Museum
District guide · Istanbul
Theme: History in Sarıyer, Istanbul
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. T...
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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.
Checked 2026-09-04
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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02 2 hoursSakıp 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.
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- Museum