Istanbul Directory

The cinema inside Kadıköy Municipality's Caddebostan Cultural Center, showing new releases alongside independent and arthouse films.

Nâzım Hikmet Kültür Merkezi is a small cultural center hosting theater, concerts, film screenings and regular workshops. You’ll find it on Bahariye (Ali Suavi Sokak) in Kadıköy, with a program focused on music, theater and community arts events.

Istanbul's flagship arts center on Taksim Square, reopened in 2021 in a new building that keeps the shape of the original. It holds a 2,040-seat opera hall, a theater, a cinema, a gallery, a library and cafés, with opera, ballet, concerts, theater and exhibitions through the year. Hosting Smileys events since October 2026.