First class amenities, personalized service, a friendly atmosphere and exceptional comfort combine with our ideal location just steps away from Sultanahmet, the heart of the city and history such as Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Archeological Museum, Basilica Cystern and many more historical monuments and 500 metres from the Grand Bazaar. The hotel is 17 kilometers away from the Istanbul Atatürk Airport.

This great city has a plethora of accommodation in every price bracket, though at peak times you need to book in advance to get the place of your choice.. Most visitors base themselves in the historic heart of Istanbul, Sultanahmet, which caters to all tastes, from down at heel backpacker joints through classy boutique hotels to five-star luxury hotels…

A significant minority, however, are choosing to stay in the pulsating nightlife and entertainment quarter of Taksim, with its myriad choice of bars, cafes, restaurants, clubs and shopping opportunities. After all, it’s just a short hop back across “the horn” to the historic sites of the old city..

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From the Tunel area to Taksim square, is one of the city’s focal points for shopping, entertainment and urban promenading: Istiklal Caddesi is a fine example of the contrasts and compositions of Istanbul; fashion shops, bookshops, cinemas, markets, restaurants and even hand-carts selling trinkets and simit (sesame bread snack) ensure that the street is packed throughout the day until late into the night. The old tramcars re-entered into service, which shuttle up and down this fascinating street, and otherwise the street is entirely pedestrianised. There are old embassy buildings, Galatasaray High School, the colourful ambience of Balik Pazari (Fish Bazaar) and restaurants in Cicek Pasaji (Flower Passage). Also on this street is the oldest church in the area, St Mary’s Draperis dating back to 1789, and the Franciscan Church of St Antoine, demolished and then rebuilt in 1913.

The street ends at Taksim Square, a big open plaza, the hub of modern Istanbul and always crowded, crowned with an imposing monument celebrating Ataturk and the War of Independence. The main terminal of the new subway is under the square, adjacent is a noisy bus terminal, and at the north end is the Ataturk Cultural Centre, one of the venus of the Istanbul Theatre Festival. Several five-star hotels are dotted around this area, like the Hyatt, Intercontinental and Hilton (the oldest of its kind in the city). North of the square is the Istanbul Military Museum.

Taksim and Beyoglu have for centuries been the centre of nightlife, and now there are many lovely bars and clubs off Istiklal Cadesi, including some of the only gay venus in the city. Beyoglu is also at the centre of the more bohemian arts scene..

Multi Development Turkey, one of the biggest real estate development companies of Europe, seventh project in Turkey, and the first in Istanbul, Forum Istanbul opened its doors in November 17. Forum Istanbul, located in Istanbul Bayrampaşa on a total construction area of 495.000 square meters, is both Turkey’s and Europe’s biggest shopping and life center along with its 175.000 square meters of rentable area and its 265 brands, national and international. Loan of Forum Istanbul, whose foundations were laid in May 24, 2006 was provided under the leadership of Euro Hypo. Forum Istanbul’s construction, during the global crisis period which affected the world, was completed through an investment value of 750 million Euros.

Among the lessees of Forum Istanbul are; IKEA, providing service in an area of 29.500 square meters and Turkuazoo, Turkey’s first giant aquarium, established on an area of 8.000 square meters. Forum Istanbul hosts 12 different brands of the home furniture field, including IKEA, Praktiker and Tepe Home, in a total area of 46.000 square meters, Forum Istanbul, having a total technology area of 11.500 square meters lead by brands such as Teknosa and Bimeks, along with Satürn’s very first store in Turkey, aims to provide service to not only Istanbul residents but also to tourists visiting Istanbul, with its national and international stores such as Boyner, YKM, C&A, Mudo, Marks&Spencer and Zara, its restaurants and its 5.000 capacity car park. French sports store Decathlon is also now in Turkey via Forum Istanbul, through its store of 5.000 square meters. Forum Istanbul Shopping And Life Center which will open the way to a new life in Istanbul also through both its architecture and its permanent works of art, is located at the connection point of the E5 and TEM motorways.

265 Stores, from A to Z
In Forum Istanbul, which also hosts big stores such as Boyner, YKM, C&A, Mudo, Marks&Spencer and Zara, there are 19 separate shoes and bags stores along with 62 ambitious domestic and foreign brands in women’s, men’s, child’s clothes and underwear. Forum Istanbul prepares to provide service to its visitors through 34 restaurants and fast food chains alongside 15 café options. Forum Istanbul which will also hosts brands addressing to all tastes and purchase powers in fields of ornament, jewellery, watch, optics and accessory fields, will also provide service to its customer through 14 service points from bank branch to payment point, telecommunication points, from tailor to pharmacy, hairdressers, from pet shop to shoeshine parlor.

The largest technology area in Forum Istanbul
Forum Istanbul, which has a total technology area of 11.500 square meters, lead by brands such as Teknosa and Bimeks alongside the German technology giant Satürn, hosts 11 brands displaying activities in fields of electronics and technology. While Teknosa, rendering service in an area of 2.500 square meters, opens its 62th store in Istanbul and 235th in Turkey in Forum Istanbul, Satürn, now in Turkey for the very first time via Forum Istanbul, renders service in an area of 6.000 square meters. Forum Istanbul hosted 100.000 in a single day on October 29, due to discounted sales accompanied openings carried out by Teknosa and Satürn.

French sports retail giants Decathlon in Turkey for the very first time
French sports retail giants Decathlon, which have initially started its researches through establishing a production office in Turkey in 2006, opens its first store in the country in Forum Istanbul. Decathlon, established in France in the year of 1986 and globalizing starting from the year of 1986, initiated to establish its own brands starting from the year of 1996. It became giant chain store displaying activities in 15 countries through its 45 thousand employees, by courtesy of its fast growth triggered by its foreign operation. Decathlon is now in Turkey through its brands representing each sports branch…

Home decoration area of 45.000 square meters
IKEA, the first lessee of Forum Istanbul, opened its doors in the year of 2007. Furnishing accessory chain store IKEA’s third store in Turkey and second one in Istanbul, Forum Istanbul IKEA provides service in an area of 29.500 square meters. Forum Istanbul hosts 12 separate brands in the field of home decoration and furnishing, including, alongside IKEA, brands such as Praktiker and Tepe Home, in a total area of 46.000 square meters.

Giant Aquarium will annually attract 1.5 million visitors
Forum Istanbul hosts Turkuazoo, a giant aquarium sized 8.000 square meters. Turkuazoo, which opened its doors in October 23, is expected to annually attract 1.5 million visitors. Turkuazoo, whose investment value is 17 million dollars, hosts 20.000 special and exotic sea organisms brought in from seas throughout the world from sharks to giant rays, from sea turtles to octopuses, from giant freshwater fishes coming from Amazons. In Turkuazoo, where visitors are able to closely observe the sea organisms through the observation hall with an underwater angle of view of 270 degrees, alongside the management staff, a team of 70 persons, consisting of curator, biologists, instructors, aquarists, divers, and the land team (visitor guides, ticket employees, group activity leaders, souvenir shop personnel, technical maintenance repair officers and cleaners render service.

It will make difference through its customer services
At Forum Istanbul, which aims to make difference through its customer services, especially many details were contemplated in order to ensure the comfort of the families with children and to enable them to spend a pleasant day. There are 8 Family Rooms in Forum Istanbul. In family rooms all kinds of means are offered from milk heating units to diaper places and special toilets for children. In a total of 7 Baby Care Rooms which will render service between 9 AM and 10 PM, there are machines where parents may obtain diapers. Furthermore, in Forum Istanbul, there are approximately 20 baby strollers and also strollers designed for twins. Disabled and pregnant visitors of Forum Istanbul will be able to use the parking lots allocated for them through calling a special phone line. Forum Istanbul will also simplify its customers’ life through customer help line and parking valet service. Another one of the services provided by Forum Istanbul for its customers is Forum Bonus Card put into practice in cooperation with Garanti Bank. Forum Bonus Card, the first and only credit card specific to shopping centers brings together the infrastructure of Bonus Card and the privilege of Forum Shopping Centers. Forum Bonus Card, which enjoys all properties of Bonus Card, brings in “forum point”, a new point type, alongside “bonus” and offers a +1 installment opportunity in purchases made in Forums.

Very special recreational areas
Forum Istanbul, which enjoys a total recreational area of 20 thousand square meters, consisted of bowling, movie theatre, ice rink, and aquarium will also offer a visual feast to its visitors through its very special water games activities to be carried out in Oasis Square. Movie displays will be carried on the water screen through projection, lights and sound systems.

Forum Istanbul, a life and culture center
Forum Istanbul, aiming to play an active part not only in Istanbul’s shopping life but also its cultural, artistic, recreational and social life, will, upon its opening, start to host national and international activities. “Barbie and Lego 50th Anniversary Exhibition” displayed until now in more than 40 cities and viewed in admiration by millions, will be displayed in Forum Istanbul between the dates November 17, 2009 and January 24, 2010. Barbie, the all time best selling toy, beginning from its first production date, 1959, through its turnover of 3.6 billion American Dollars and Lego, “elected as the toy of the centuries” in the year 2000 by the Fortune Magazine and then by the British Toy Retailers Association, will be presented to the admiration of Istanbul residents until January 24, 2010, with more than 700 items.

“Barbie and Lego 50th Anniversary Exhibition” will be displayed in an area of 1400 square meters in Forum Istanbul. While toys will be displayed in specially designed stands, a game park of 100 square meters allocated for the visitors to play and including Barbie babies and hundreds of Lego pieces will also be established in the exhibition area.

Another exhibition which will open its doors in Forum Istanbul, in November 17, is the Fish Festival. In the exhibition which will carry on until December 17, a total of 20 giant fishes, painted by sculptor Server Demirtas and its team and whose sizes reach 3 meters, will be displayed. In art workshops to be established in the exhibition area, children will be able to create two and three dimensioned fishes. In the education section they will be able to get interesting knowledge on the underwater worlds through watching documentaries.

Permanent works or art in Forum Istanbul
Like in other Forum Shopping and Life Centers of Multi Development Turkey in Turkey, Forum Istanbul also hosts permanent works of art. The giant door of famous sculptor “Hanefi Yeter”, dubbed by him as the “World Door” also opens a door to the shopping world. The door which you will encounter when going into the shopping center was designed through being inspired from the nature. In the bottom section of the “World Door”, which has a length of 7 meters and an height of 5.60 meters and made of aluminum, appears figures of sea animals. As for another work of art to exist in Forum Istanbul, it belongs to Russian artist Daria Bokareva. The work of art named “Energy”, which Bokareva created in the year 2006 within the scope of the 1st International Cloth Sculpture Symposium, is offered to the admiration of visitors in Forum Istanbul.

It comes to the fore through its architecture
The concept design of Forum Istanbul, which, like other Forum projects of Multi Development Turkey in Turkey previously opened for service, in harmony with it’s city’s historical and architectural pattern was performed by T+T Design from Netherlands, while its architectural design was carried out by BDP from England, Chapman Taylor from Spain and ERA from Turkey. While creating the architectural concept, defined places each enjoying a specific identity and atmosphere and of scales allowing visitors to perceive in one go, were created. An urban square was created between the Metro station and Forum Istanbul and the square in question was enriched with show areas, and water and light games. Besides, an inner court, along with its wooden louvered fronts, its sitting areas and its activity areas. All these places were combined through two different roads.

Forum Istanbul and numbers

• Forum Istanbul will provide employment to approximately 5.000 persons.
• In average, 578 persons worked every day for the construction of Forum (A total of 501.870 manpower was used in 38 months.)
• The channel crossing 15 meters under Forum Istanbul whose section is 4 m x 4m, is large enough for a truck to pass through.
• Within the scope of the amendment works of the Cicoz Stream crossing over the land, the stream bed was displaced. Channel with a length of 1.5 km was built.
• There are 22 elevators, 40 escalators and 6 belt conveyors in total in Forum Istanbul.
• Besides, there are 260 security cameras
• Forum Istanbul is founded on a land of 188.000 m2 (equivalent of 22 football pitches)
• Construction area of 495.000 m2
• Rentable area of 175.000 m2 and 265 stores
• Soil transport of 1.5 milyon m3, transported through 150.000 truck trips.
• 6 km of road was constructed in order to provide Forum Istanbul´s connection to main roads.
• The targeted annual visitors number is 25 million.
• Forum Istanbul provided the opportunity of “Employment Intensive Retail Sale Training” certificate program for 700 persons during the month of June 2009, in cooperation with the Municipality of Bayrampasa Municipality and Social Consultancy.
• 19.000 lighting elements used in Forum Istanbul is enough to provide illumination for a town of 6000 persons.
• It is possible to travel from Forum Istanbul to Forum Mersin through the 950.000 m. of cable used in construction.
• Including the infrastructure, 177.000 m2 of concrete and 25.250 tons of structural iron were used.

About Multi Development Turkey
Multi Development Turkey, The Turkey participation of Multi Corporation, the leader of European real estate sector, develops multi-purpose projects also including shopping centers and offices and residences. Projects of Multi, whose headquarters are located in Netherlands and which displays activities in more than 17 European countries such as Germany, France, Spain and Italy, are in international standards through their innovative natures, architectural quality and sensitivity to urban design. Istanbul centered Multi Development Turkey, is among the leader establishments of Turkish real estate sector through its rich portfolio also including shopping centers named “Forum”.

There are 16 projects of Multi Development Turkey in various provinces of Turkey alongside its Shopping and Life Centers which opened their doors in Izmir in 2006, in Mersin in 2007 and in Denizli, Trabzon, Aydin and Ankara in 2008. In the 2009 Real Estate Awards of Euromoney, on of the leading finance publications of the World, Multi Development was elected as the best project development company of the world and Multi Development Turkey was elected as the best project development company of Turkey.

Until today

• 6 Forums were opened.
• An investment of 4.3 billion Euro was made.
• Employment was ensured for 25.000 persons until today.
• Number of opened stores 860.
• There are a total of 16 projects, completed, under construction or under development.
• Forum Mersin was elected by ICSC as the Best Shopping and Life Center of Europe in the year 2008
• It annually attracts a total of 65 million visitors
• Total rentable area: 615.000 m2.

Forum Bornova
Forum Bornova opened its gates to visitors on 12 October 2006 as the first shopping center that Multi Development Turkey developed in Turkey. Forum Bornova is the first shopping center with open air concept in Izmir and Aegean Region. Forum Bornova, visited by 10 million people each year, became an integral part of Izmir and the Aegean Region in general, with its architecture, shop mixture and location.

Forum Mersin
Multi Development Turkey introduced Forum Mersin, the greatest shopping center in the Mediterranean Region, in September 2007 and realized this project, which changed the city’s vision and increased the social, economic, commercial and tourism potential of the city. Forum Mersin caught attention with its unique architecture and was granted the first prize in “Big Shopping Center” category in the European Conference of International Shopping Council (ICSC) on 22-24 April 2009, which was organized in Barcelona.

Forum Çamlık
Multi Development Turkey introduced Forum Çamlık, which is second Forum of the Aegean Region, in April 2008. Forum Çamlık contributed an architectural value to the region by adapting to the unique rich culture of the region and coerces the limits of original architecture with its natural green fields, pools, landscape fields and facades assimilated to the Pamukkale travertine.

Forum Trabzon
Forum Trabzon, the biggest investment of the Black Sea Region was introduced in June 2008 to the people of the region. Forum Trabzon caught attention with its modern and original architecture and formed a great attraction force within a short period in the whole region, thanks to its brand mixture and nice shopping possibilities.

Forum Aydın
Forum Aydın, the third investment of Multi Development Turkey in the Aegean Region was opened in September 2008. Like Forum Bornova, Forum Aydın was designed as a shopping center with open air concept and provides the customers to make shopping and pass their time in a cozy environment with its balconies, open air terraces, wood pergolas, pools, streets and quarters with plants unique to the region.

Forum Ankara Outlet
Forum Ankara Outlet, the greatest outlet of Turkey, opened its gates in October 2008 in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. With its 80 thousand square meter leasable field, Forum Ankara Outlet is the greatest outlet of Turkey and provides opportunity shopping possibilities to its customers. It introduced the greatest Media Markt and Kipa, a retail giant of Turkey.

Since day one, I’ve been visiting your shopping mall and as my car is equipped with auto gas, I was parking to your open air carpark. Why do you stop taking auto gas equipped vehicles to your open air carpark now?.

The architectural design of our open air car park was aimed to serve our customers who shops from Bazaar. However we got numerous complaints about its improper usage and its inefficiency to serve customers who are shopping from Bazaar. These customers are forced to queue for long hours. To bring efficiency to this matter, we are now offering free car parking (up to 3 hours) to Bazaar customers..

We are not offering different parking options to vehicles (regardless of fuel type) in our facility.

On the other hand, due to the article 60 of Official Gazzette 19.12.2007, “Prevention of Fire Hazard in Buildings” item “LPG or LNG powered vehicles cannot enter nor be taken to the underground car parks”, we are not taking this kind of vehicles to our underground car park. As you will appreciate, this matter on underground parking is related with an order clause..

Being an incoming operatorat the same time, and operating regular tours to the major sites in Turkey, She Tours server over 35.000 tourists each year, and has taken it’s place as the most preferred agency in Turkey.

Serving guests from a wide range of countries, such as England, Canada, America, Australia, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, etc., with it’s upmost hospitable services, kind and helpful staff, and the best quality tour arrangements, accomodation arragements all around Turkey, it’s no wonder why She Tours has left the rest behind.

We have the honour of being one of the distinguished entertainment centres of the world today. We continue to host not only the residents of Istanbul, but also international guests from various locations of the world. Reina is attracting the highest number of international guests among Turkish entertainment companies. We therefore will always continue being a volunteer Tourism Ambassador for Turkey.

The pearl of the Bosporus and beloved one of Istanbul

For the winter season soft colours have been preferred in Reina, the most important point of the Bosphorus. Boxes with dominant copper colours have been increased. For the first time in Turkey, we created a very spacious nightclub setting. For years, We have been shining like a pearl on the Bosporus, and have become the beloved one of Istanbul.

A cellar of two-thousand bottles is waiting for you

This winter we created a special cellar of exactly two-thousand bottles in Reina. Our wines are waiting for you in a setting which is suitable for wine lovers . The best dishes of the Mediterranean and Turkish cuisine which are as famous as the entertainment of Reina are served to your table after being carefully prepared in an environment which is as good as a kitchen of a Michelin star restaurant…

Our special terrace

On our terrace which is specially heated throughout the winter, you can have a unique pleasure of the Bosporus. The glitter of the Bosporus bridge combines with the warming music and smiling service of Reina.