Moda, Kadıköy
Moda is a locality in Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on a peninsula between the center of Kadıköy and the Kurbağalıdere creek on the Anatolian part of Istanbul. The place became an outstanding residential area only after the 1870s, when wealthy non-Muslims settled down there by building their own mansions.
It is a multi-cultural place with Armenian, Greek and Anglican church buildings, Georgian art house, theatres, French Lycée Saint-Joseph (1870) Kadıköy Anatolian High School (1955), old curiosity shops, fish and international food restaurants.
Moda is served by the 2003-established Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram line.
Notable buildings and structures in Moda are:
- Süreyya Opera House, 1927-opened opera house,
- Moda Marine Club (1935),
- Moda Pier, 1917-built, 2022-restored passenger ferry pier.
- Historic mansions
- Agah Bey Mansion,
- Antipa Mansion,
- Bursalı Riza Bey Mansion,
- Dowson Mansion,
- Mahmut Ata Bey Mansion,
- Cemil Cem Mansion,
- Fredrichi Mansion,
- Fürstenberger Mansion,
- Cemal Kutay Mansion,
- Lorando Mansion,
- Arif Sarıca Mansion, a 1903-built mansion, residence of concert pianist Ayşegül Sarıca,
- Şevket Salih Soysal Mansion,
- Mahmut Muhtar Pasha Mansion,
- Reşit Pasha Mansion,
- Tubini Mansion
- Whittall Mansion, a 1900 built mansion, which was home to rock musician Barış Manço, and is a historic house museum today,
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Moda Stage -
Barış Manço monument in front of the Whittall Mansion, today a historic house museum -
Mahmud Muhtar Pasha mansion -
Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church -
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Roman Catholic) -
All Saints Moda Church (Anglican) -
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References
- ^ "Kadıköy'den Apartman Öyküleri -2-: Sarıca Apartmanı". Gazete Kadıköy (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Çok kültürlü semt Moda'ya gitmek için 13 sebep (Moda neden bu kadar moda?)". NTV (in Turkish). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Kadıköylüler Moda İskelesi'ne kavuşuyor" (PDF). Gazete Kadıköy (in Turkish). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Bedük, Ramazan. "Moda'nın 13 tarihi köşkü" (in Turkish). Bir İstanbul Hayali. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Moda Arif Sarıca Köşkü" (in Turkish). Turan Akıncı. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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