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one of the countless shoeblacks in town at a busy main street near the Bosphorus and his customer; the little restaurant in the back has already set tables outside for lunch
(Necatibey Cad.)
Beyoğlu is a district on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as Pera ("Across" in Greek) during the Middle Ages.
The district encompasses other neighbourhoods located north of the Golden Horn, including Galata (the medieval Genoese citadel from which Beyoğlu itself originated), and is connected to the old city center across the Golden Horn through the Galata Bridge, Atatürk Bridge and Golden Horn Metro Bridge. Beyoğlu is the most active art, entertainment and nightlife centre of Istanbul.
Foreigners, especially from Euro-Mediterranean and West European countries, have long resided in Beyoğlu. There is a cosmopolitan atmosphere in the heart of the district, where people from various cultures live in Cihangir and Gümüşsuyu.
According to the prevailing theory, the Turkish name of Pera, Beyoğlu, is a modification by folk etymology of the Venetian ambassadorial title of Bailo, whose palazzo was the most grandiose structure in this quarter. The informal Turkish-language title Bey Oğlu (literally Son of a Bey) was originally used by the Ottoman Turks to describe Lodovico Gritti, Istanbul-born son of Andrea Gritti, who was the Venetian Bailo in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512) and was later elected Doge of Venice in 1523.
Bey Oğlu thus referred to Lodovico Gritti, who established close relations with the Sublime Porte, and whose mansion was near the present-day Taksim Square.
beyoğlu'nda yürüdüm bugün
günlerden çarşambaydı
üstelik yağmurda yağıyordu, üstüm başım ıslaktı
bir işim yoktu, gelmek için özel bir sebebimde
anlatılır gibi değil bu, burası beyoğlu