Çarşı, Beşiktaş
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This article is about a market place. For BJK support group, see Çarşı (supporter group).
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.
As one of the main commercial districts of Istanbul, the Çarşı is known for its restaurants, meyhanes (pubs), döner stores, cafés, bakeries, patisseries, internet cafés and garment shops. There is a fish market and a farmers market organized daily. It is one of the centers of the Turkish youth culture. Many city-famous establishments such as the Viennese Café are located in the area.