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  • Beyoǧlu
    Beyoǧlu
    noun
    a modern section of Istanbul, Turkey, N of the Golden Horn: commercial and residential area.
  • Beyoğlu
    Beyoğlu
    noun
    a district of Istanbul, north of the Golden Horn: the European quarter

Beyoǧlu

American  
[bay-uh-loo, bay-oh-loo] / ˈbeɪ əˌlu, ˌbeɪ oʊˈlu /

noun

  1. a modern section of Istanbul, Turkey, N of the Golden Horn: commercial and residential area.


Beyoğlu British  
/ ˈbeɪɔːluː /

noun

  1. Former name: Pera. a district of Istanbul, north of the Golden Horn: the European quarter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Istanbullus like Yasemin took to the streets to demonstrate against unchecked urban development in the district of Beyoğlu.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2019

Galata is the only part of Beyoğlu with its former buzz.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2018

When not at the W we stayed at the Adahan, a converted palace in Beyoğlu, just down the road from Soho House, with cool high-ceilinged rooms and a bar at street level.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2018

Patient and precise, Güler liked to linger in the city’s Beyoğlu district, near his studio, waiting for daily life to assume the dimensions of a masterpiece.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 27, 2018

After wandering the winding streets and alleys of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district, we found ourselves back on Istiklal in the middle of the crowd.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 28, 2013

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