Lonely Planet İstanbul Guide

demolished or unsympathetically redeveloped. In 2016, after much public discussion of its future, the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality announced that the building would be restored and remain a train station, becoming the terminus of the İstanbul–Ankara fast-train line. STREET ART Kadıköy is the centre of the city’s street art scene, and the Yeldeğirmeni district (Karakolhane Sokak near the railway tracks, Misak-ı Milli Sokak, İzzettin Sokak and Macit Erbudak Sokak) near the iskele (ferry dock) is where many local and visiting artists hang out. Other examples are on or near Moda Caddesi – look for murals by Adekan next to the Gerekli Şeyler bookshop and on the side of the tennis courts in Hüseyin Bey Sokak off Osman Yeki Üngör Sokak; for the mural by Canavar in the square next to the Mopaş supermarket on Dr Esat Işık Caddesi; and for the mural by Yabanci on the side of the Greek school in Neşe Sokağı. When wandering through the streets you’ll also see interesting tagging by Yok (‘nothing’ in Turkish).