Areas · Istanbul
Explore Istanbul, district by district.
Every district has its own character, connectivity and investment case. Start with a side, dive into a district guide, or open the interactive map.
European Side
The historic heart, the business districts and the Marmara shore.
Asian Side
Across the Bosphorus, where the city gets greener and slows down.
District guides
European side
Beylikdüzü5 projects
Modern, master-planned living on the western Marmara coast.
Families who want space and a coastline, and investors who want new stock at a sensible price.
Başakşehir3 projects
A planned, family-first district near the new airport and medical hub.
Families who care about schools and hospitals.
Zeytinburnu5 projects
Seafront apartments on the Marmara, minutes from the old city walls.
Buyers who want a central seafront address with the old city attached, and citizenship applicants who need an eligible apartment on the water.
Bahçeşehir1 project
A green, lake-side garden suburb popular with families and expats.
Families and expats who want quiet, greenery and a good school run.
Ataköy
Established seafront prestige with a marina and malls.
Anyone wanting an established seafront address, with the marina on one side and the city close on the other.
Şişli1 project
Istanbul's central business and shopping district, dense and always in demand.
Yield investors, mainly.
Beşiktaş4 projects
A Bosphorus address with ferry piers, market streets and a young, lively centre.
Buyers who want the Bosphorus itself rather than a view of it from further out, and who will wait for one of the few new schemes to come through.
Beyoğlu2 projects
Galata, İstiklal and two shorelines, where a new residence is the exception rather than the rule.
Buyers who want a historic address that cannot be built more of, and citizenship applicants looking at the two waterfront regeneration schemes.
Fatih
The whole of the historic peninsula. UNESCO-protected ground, and the city's busiest rail interchange.
Buyers who want an address inside the walled city, where supply is capped by conservation law rather than by the market.
Sarıyer5 projects
Forest air, the upper Bosphorus, and the city's most private addresses.
Families who want room and trees around them, and buyers looking for a villa or a low-rise compound rather than a tower.
Maslak
Istanbul's high-rise business spine, built for professionals and yield.
Professionals who want to live inside the business district, and the investors who let to them.
Levent
The financial centre, where Istanbul's tallest towers and best-paid tenants are.
Investors chasing corporate tenants.
Nişantaşı
Istanbul's luxury retail quarter and its most established prestige address.
Prestige buyers and long-term holders.
Bakırköy3 projects
An established Marmara coastline of marinas, shops and seafront apartments.
Buyers who want a coastal address where everything is already built, and citizenship applicants who want it on the water.
Eyüpsultan2 projects
Golden Horn heritage meeting large-scale new development.
Buyers who want scale and value.
Kağıthane2 projects
Levent on your doorstep, at a lower entry price, with apartments ready to move.
Buyers who want Levent on the doorstep without Levent's prices, and who would rather take the keys now than wait for a build.
Gaziosmanpaşa1 project
Istanbul's largest urban rebuild, in a district that already has its metro, tram and motorway.
Buyers who want a new, code-built apartment inside the established city rather than out on its edge.
Büyükçekmece1 project
Lake and Marmara coast living at the western edge of the city.
Families and value buyers.
Bağcılar4 projects
Central, well connected, and being rebuilt block by block.
Value-minded buyers who want a central, well-connected address and are comfortable buying while it is still under construction.
Bahçelievler1 project
A settled, central residential district with excellent transport.
Investors and families who want somewhere central and settled, with the transport already there.
Avcılar3 projects
Coastal, connected and value-driven on the western shore.
Value investors who want the western coast and the transport that runs along it.
Esenyurt1 project
One of the fastest-growing, most accessible investment districts.
Yield investors.
Küçükçekmece5 projects
Between a lake and the Marmara, on the western side's main transport corridor.
Families who want water, green and a settled district on the western side, and buyers choosing between ready to move on the lake shore and off-plan at Halkalı.
District guides
Asian side
Kadıköy
The cultural heart of the Asian side, by the sea.
People who want to live in the middle of things on the Asian side.
Üsküdar3 projects
Historic Asian shoreline with the best skyline views in the city.
Buyers who want the Bosphorus view from the quieter shore.
Ataşehir1 project
The Asian side's planned business centre and its most modern housing stock.
Investors following the finance centre.
Beykoz1 project
Forested Bosphorus hills, villas and the quietest luxury in Istanbul.
Families and prestige buyers who will trade city convenience for a villa, trees and privacy on the Bosphorus.
Ümraniye1 project
The Asian side's fast-growing residential and commercial middle.
Families after space and new stock.
Kartal
Marmara coastline regeneration with marina and metro on the Asian side.
Investors who want a sea view at an accessible price, with the transport lines still arriving.
Maltepe1 project
A rising Asian-side coast with a huge new shoreline park.
Buyers who want a sea view on the Asian side while the coast is still affordable.