The easiest way to get to Cihangir is to get to Taksim Square and then take the long street next to Istiklal Caddesi called Sıraselviler Caddesi, which takes you to the heart of Cihangir.
Walk along Sıraselviler Caddesi past the kebab shops, past
Cihangir’s most popular nightspots and past the German hospital, and you will
get to the neighbourhood’s main çay bahçesi (tea garden).
Turn down the
perpendicular Akarsu Caddesi and some of the other side streets away from
Istiklal Caddesi and closer to the Bosphorus to find some of the
neighbourhood’s treasures.
Strictly by foot only.
Wind your way downhill, and
end up in Tophane.
The small, former wooden mosque, the Cihangir Mosque
(Pürtelaş Hasan Efendi Mh, Cihangir), can be reached by turning into Soğancı
Sokak from Sıraselviler Caddesi and then into Güneşli Sokak.
The mosque is at
the bottom of the street.
Just behind the çay bahçesi (tea garden) – there is a
connecting passageway – is the pale-green Firuz Ağa Mosque (Defterdarlık Yokuşu
No. 53, Cihangir), surrounded by a square with some popular cafés.
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