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.^[1]

Moda
Locality
Moda
Coordinates: 40.9800077°N 29.0228307°E / 40.9800077; 29.0228307
Country	Turkey
Region	Marmara
Province	Istanbul
District	Kadıköy
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	34710
Area code	0216

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.^[2]

Moda is served by the 2003-established Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram line.^[2]

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.^[3]

Historic mansions

• Agah Bey Mansion,^[4]
• Antipa Mansion,^[4]
• Bursalı Riza Bey Mansion,^[4]
• Dowson Mansion,^[4]
• Mahmut Ata Bey Mansion,^[4]
• Cemil Cem Mansion,^[4]
• Fredrichi Mansion,^[4]
• Fürstenberger Mansion,^[4]
• Cemal Kutay Mansion,^[4]
• Lorando Mansion,^[4]
• Arif Sarıca Mansion, a 1903-built mansion, residence of concert pianist Ayşegül Sarıca,^[5]
• Şevket Salih Soysal Mansion,^[4]
• Mahmut Muhtar Pasha Mansion,^[4]
• Reşit Pasha Mansion,^[4]
• Tubini Mansion^[4]
• Whittall Mansion, a 1900 built mansion, which was home to rock musician Barış Manço, and is a historic house museum today,

Gallery

• 
  Süreyya Opera House
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  Moda Stage
• 
  Barış Manço monument in front of the Whittall Mansion, today a historic house museum
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  Mahmud Muhtar Pasha mansion
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  Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church
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  Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Roman Catholic)
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  All Saints Moda Church (Anglican)
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  Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram
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  Moda Pier

References

1. "Kadıköy'den Apartman Öyküleri -2-: Sarıca Apartmanı". Gazete Kadıköy (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 September 2022.
2. "Çok kültürlü semt Moda'ya gitmek için 13 sebep (Moda neden bu kadar moda?)". NTV (in Turkish). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
3. "Kadıköylüler Moda İskelesi'ne kavuşuyor" (PDF). Gazete Kadıköy (in Turkish). 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
4. Bedük, Ramazan. "Moda'nın 13 tarihi köşkü" (in Turkish). Bir İstanbul Hayali. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
5. "Moda Arif Sarıca Köşkü" (in Turkish). Turan Akıncı. Retrieved 12 September 2022.