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Image:Streets of Nisantasi at night.jpg Nişantaşı is a quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, comprising neighbourhoods like Teşvikiye, Osmanbey, Maçka and Pangaltı. It includes stores of world famous brands and has many popular cafés, pubs, restaurants and night clubs. It is a part of the Şişli district.

Nişantaşı has been settled by Sultan Abdülhamid II at the end of the 19th century. He erected two obelisks to define the beginning and the end of the quarter. He ordered the construction of the Neo-Classical style Teşvikiye Police Station and the Neo-Baroque style Teşvikiye Mosque for a proper district. The word Nişantaşı means "aiming rock" in Turkish. Before the land had been granted for public use, it was a region where soldiers used to shoot at rocks for improving their aiming skills.tr:Nişantaşı, İstanbul