Kandilli, Üsküdar

Kandilli
Neighbourhood
Location of Üsküdar in Istanbul
Coordinates: 41°4′23″N 29°3′28″E / 41.07306°N 29.05778°E / 41.07306; 29.05778Coordinates: 41°4′23″N 29°3′28″E / 41.07306°N 29.05778°E / 41.07306; 29.05778
Country	Turkey
Province	Istanbul
District	Üsküdar
Time zone	GMT +2
Area code(s)	(+90) 212

Kandilli is a neighbourhood of Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey.

It lies on the Asian bank of Bosphorus and is home to some of Istanbul's in-city forests. The Kandilli Anatolian High School for Girls (Turkish: Kandilli Anadolu Kız Lisesi) was one of the first girl's high schools in Ottoman Turkey. The Kandilli Observatory, a facility of Boğaziçi University, is dedicated mostly to earthquake science. Within its campus, the Kandilli Earthquake Museum is located.

Üsküdar, Istanbul

Neighbourhoods	Acıbadem Ahmediye Altunizade Aziz Mahmut Hüdayi Bahçelievler Barbaros Beylerbeyi Bulgurlu Burhaniye Cumhuriyet Çengelköy Ferah Güzeltepe İcadiye Kandilli Kirazlıtepe Kısıklı Kuleli Kuzguncuk Küçükçamlıca Küçüksu Küplüce Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mimarsinan Muratreis Salacak Selamiali Selimiye Sultantepe Ünalan Valide-i Atik Yavuztürk Zeynep Kamil

Quarters	Bağlarbaşı Çamlıca Doğancılar Fıstıkağacı Harem Nakkaştepe Paşalimanı Pazarbaşı Selamsız Vaniköy

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