Moda, Kadıköy

Moda is a quarter 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.

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.

Moda is served by the 2003-established Kadıköy-Moda Nostalgia Tram line.

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.

Historic mansions

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