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Şişli is a cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey.It is north of Taksim, an area many consider the entertainment centre of Istanbul. It used to be a center of the elite during the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Republic on whom French culture had a great influence. Many of Istanbul's Armenians live in the Kurtuluş area of Şişli.The mayor of Şişli is Mustafa Sarıgül, from the Republican People's Party.
Şişli is now a center of trade and shopping. Europe's largest and the world's second largest (urban-area) shopping mall, Cevahir Mall, is situated here. It is home to many upmarket shops especially in the Nişantaşı area and İstanbul's military museum, which houses the cannon used by Sultan Mehmed II in his conquest of Constantinople.Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, also once lived here. His house, where Atatürk reportedly made his plans for the modern republic, is now a museum.
