Movie Scene Map

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Istanbul

largest city in Turkey

Turkey · 41.0100, 28.9603

Istanbul is recorded as a filming location for 125 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Istanbul, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 52 more. 1 video game is also set here.

17 places inside Istanbul have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Istanbul as well.

“In 1953 the airport terminal building was opened; it was the location of a few scenes in the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love.”
From Russia with Love (1963) · Wikipedia

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Istanbul
Photo: Karsten Wentink from Leiden, The Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Istanbul

The 59 most widely covered are above. The other 66 filmed in Istanbul:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Istanbul as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

And 36 more, per Wikipedia:

Filming locations inside Istanbul

17 places inside Istanbul, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Istanbul too.

Set here

Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Istanbul, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Istanbul?

213 productions are recorded as filmed in Istanbul, including Skyfall (2012), Argo (2012) and From Russia with Love (1963). 88 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Istanbul?

Skyfall (2012), covered by 78 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Istanbul?

Istanbul is in Turkey. Its coordinates are 41.0100, 28.9603. The day trip guide for Istanbul lists 91 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Istanbul?

Grand Bazaar (under 1 km), Süleymaniye Mosque (under 1 km), Fatih (under 1 km), Spice Bazaar (1 km north-east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Karsten Wentink from Leiden, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Istanbul: 91 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.