Beşiktaş facts for kids

Dolmabahçe Palace in Beşiktaş district

Besiktas (Turkish: Beşiktaş) is a district in the European part of İstanbul. Beşiktaş is by the coastal of Bosphorus.

Beşiktaş has a football team called Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (BJK) (English: Besiktas Gym Club). BJK is one of the biggest and one of the most popular football team in Turkey.

Historical buildings

Dolmabahçe Palace is an Ottoman palace located in Besiktas along the coast. This is the palace where the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, died.

Images for kids

Beşiktaş circa 1850
New Istanbul Naval Museum building
A panoramic view of the Bosphorus strait and Asia from Ulus
Arnavutköy
Bebek bay
Ortaköy
Sabancı Center
View of BJK İnönü Stadium, 1967
Interior view of Vodafone Park
Beşiktaş Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha pier
Galatasaray University
Boğaziçi University Faculty of Science and Letters building
Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Engineering
Robert College, Gould Hall
Beşiktaş Square
Beşiktaş "Eagle Square"
A view from Levent Çarşı
The Bebek coast in 1934
Sinan Pasha Mosque
Istanbul Naval Museum
Yıldız Park
Ihlamur Palace
Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque
Esma Sultan Mansion
Hıdiva Mansion
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha pier
Ortaköy Kethuda Hammam
Beşiktaş Kaymakam and Municipality building
Yıldız Porcelain Factory
Dolmabahçe Clock Tower
Dolmabahçe Mosque and Dolmabahçe Palace
Akaretler Row Houses

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