Çarşı (English: Marketplace), is geographically the center of the Beşiktaş municipality, a district on the European side of central Istanbul.
The area is notable for being dominated by winding narrow streets that date to city's earliest ancient Hellenic roots.
After the relocation of the Ottoman dynasty to the Yıldız Palace, the area rapidly urbanized.
[1] In the 16th century the area was known for its shipyard and Sinan Paşa was one of the admirals of the Ottoman navy, hence the name of the neighborhood.
The area of Çarşı is delimited as follows : - south : Bosphorus straight - west : Ortabahçe Caddesi continuing as Ihlamur Caddesi - north : southern edge of Abbasağa Parkı known as Şehit Kazım street - east : Barbaros Boulevard Today it is administratively a part of the Sinanpaşa neighborhood.