In the panel organized through the collaboration of Pera Museum and Beyoğlu Municipality, Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı and Architect Dr. M. Sinan Genim will take Beyoğlu as their starting point and discuss the administrative and residential history of İstanbul through photographs.

In 1857, İstanbul was divided into fourteen district municipalities; comprised of Beyoğlu and Galatasaray, the Sixth District was selected as the model municipality through which all new implementations would be carried out. With its European architecture and rich cosmopolitan structure accustomed to the municipality tradition, Beyoğlu was the ideal residential district for introducing the city to public services. The inhabitants of the area often included leading names of society. Among the first mayors of Beyoğlu was renowned artist, archaeologist, and intellectual Osman Hamdi Bey, who held this position from 1877 until the end of the Otto-Russian War in early 1878.

Pera Museum Auditorium
The event is free of admissions.