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Levent is a neighbourhood and one of the main business districts of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European side of the city. It is a part of the municipality of Beşiktaş which is situated to the north of the Golden Horn, at the western shore of the Bosphorus strait. Levent is in direct competition with the nearby Maslak business district for new skyscraper projects. One of the major skyscraper clusters of the city is located here, well hidden behind the hills of the Bosphorus, and not disturbing the atmosphere of the historical peninsula of Istanbul, which is at quite a distance. Levent〔(Emporis: Levent )〕 hosts the tallest completed skyscraper of Turkey, the 54-floor Sapphire,〔(Emporis: Sapphire )〕 which has a roof height of 238 metres (261 metres including its spire).〔 The stations ''Gayrettepe'', ''Levent'' and ''4. Levent'' along the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro serve the Levent business district and its surrounding neighbourhoods. ==Etymology== Levent is also a name for men in Turkey; see Levent (name). The name derives from ''Levend'' (''Marine Soldier'') of the Ottoman Navy.〔(Kıyafet-i Asakir-i Bahriyye: Costumes and ranks of the Ottoman Navy )〕 ''Levend'' itself has derived from ''Levantino'' (Levantine) which means ''Person from the Levant (East Mediterranean)'' in Italian.〔 This was how the Italians (the Genoese and Venetians) used to call the Ottoman sailors, a name which was also embraced by the Ottoman Turks themselves.〔 The use of the word ''levend'' for describing seamen first appeared in the Ottoman Turkish language during the 16th century.〔Sevan Nişanyan. ''Sözlerin Soyağacı: Çağdaş Türkçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü''. URL: http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/search.asp?w=levent Retrieved 30 October 2009.〕 The name Levent (''Levend'') came to be applied to the neighbourhood because in 1780 the Ottoman Fleet Admiral Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha was awarded a farmland here by the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid I; and in the early 19th century a military compound was built in the area of this farm.〔Haldun Hürel. ''Semtleri, Mahalleri, Caddeleri ve Sokakları A'dan Z'ye İstanbul'un Alfabetik Öyküsü''. İkarus, 2008. ISBN 978-975-999-290-3. Page 220.〕 The nearby İstinye neighbourhood on the European shoreline of the Bosphorus also featured an important shipyard and dock for maintaining and repairing the military vessels of the Ottoman Navy. However, the Imperial Naval Arsenal (''Tersâne-i Âmire'') and the Naval Ministry (''Bahriye Nezareti'') of the Ottoman Navy were located on the shores of the Golden Horn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Levent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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