The Beyoglu area of the city and a road bridge over the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey

View over Istanbul skyline from The Galata Tower at night, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Historic red tram on Istiklal Caddesi, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Galata Tower, Golden Horn, Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View over Istanbul skyline from The Galata Tower at night, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View over Istanbul skyline from The Galata Tower at sunset, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View over Istanbul skyline from The Galata Tower at sunset, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View of Beyoglu District, Golden Horn from Suleymaniye Mosque, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Decorative boat on the Golden Horn with the Galata Tower and Beyoglu district in the background, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Nusretiye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Galata Tower, Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Galata Tower at twilight, Beyoglu District, Istanbul Province, Turkey, Europe

View of the New Mosque (Yeni Cami), an Ottoman imperial mosque in the Fatih district and a notable landmark marking the crossing from the old historic core of the city to the Beyoglu (Pera) district, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View of the New Mosque (Yeni Cami), an Ottoman imperial mosque in the Fatih district, and a notable landmark marking the crossing from the old historic core of the city to the Beyoglu (Pera) district, with the Rustem Pasha Mosque in the distance, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Cityscape from the Fatih district with the Galata Tower, an old Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoglu district, in the distance, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

View of the New Mosque (Yeni Cami), an Ottoman imperial mosque in the Fatih district and a notable landmark marking the crossing from the old historic core of the city to the Beyoglu (Pera) district, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Cityscape of Beyoglu, a municipality and district on the European side, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Istanbul Modern Art Museum and Nusretiye Mosque, Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Historic Tram, Istiklal Caddesi, Main Shopping Street, Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul's main shopping street in Beyoglu quarter, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul's main shopping street in Beyoglu quarter, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Trams on Istikal Cad, Beyoglu quarter, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul's main shopping street in Beyoglu quarter, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Man cooking fish on a boat on the Golden Horn with the Galata Tower and Beyoglu district in the background, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

The Galeta tower (Galeta Kulesi) , a former watchtower built in 1348, Beyoglu district, with a ferry crossing the Golden Horn, central Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Galata Bridge across the Golden Horn, Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey, Eurasia

Man making fresh coffee in a street, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, Istiklal Caddesi, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

Man making fresh coffee in a street, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

Historic tram driving through the crowd, shopping street Istiklal Caddesi, Independence Street, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

Fresh oysters for sale at a market in Beyoglu, Instanbul, Turkey, Instanbul, Turkey

Galata Tower and the national flag of Turkey in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

Historic Tramway at Shopping Street Istikal Caddesi, Istanbul, Turkey

Galata Tower at Beyoglu District, Istanbul, Turkey

Turkey, Istanbul, Beyoglu