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Haliç Congress Center provides its guests with a peaceful environment away from the hectic of the city due to the unique Haliç view and incredibly beautiful sunset. Haliç Congress Center lies close by the historical Haliç coast and is one of those meeting and congress centers, where open air and coastal activites can be carried out simultaneously. The Center, which is located on a land of 102.000 m2 and owns an open space of 16.000 m2, comprises four interconnected buildings named as Sadabad, Kuleli, Pera and Haliç. Haliç Congress Center hosted many significant congresses and special events compliant with its sphere of activity and provides its guests with an incomparable experince due to its uncompromising service quality concept.
Four main blocks inside the Haliç Congress Center are connected to each other with broad galleries and lounges filled with sunshine and having a total area of 9.000 m2. Sparkling with wallboards, engravings and glass decorations made by valuable artists, these galleries and lounges, banquet and registration locations provide a wide range of utilization opportunites. Having access to the sea coast, they also enable the guests to enjoy the magnificient and unique views of Haliç and Istanbul. Besides offering the maximum amount of event alternatives, Haliç Congress Center owns one of the largest auditoriums in Istanbul. The halls, auditoriums, lounges and open spaces of the Center host all sorts of organizations such as congresses, meetings, cultural and art activities, product launches, fairs, exhibitions, coctails, gala dinners, wedding ceremonies, fim galas and shows.
Haliç Congress Center transforms every event and invitation to an unforgettable feast with outstanding tastes prepared and presented in its own kitchen by professional chiefs. Delicious dishes from the Turkish and world cuisines prepared by virtuoso chiefs are offered in the a la carte Erguvan Restaurant in the Center, which makes it a wonderful location for those seeking extraordinary flavours. Erguvan Restaurant is open for the meeting participants and has enough capacity for 110 guests
Haliç Congress Center has always displayed an upward tendency since its official opening in 2009. Being an exquisite congress and meeting site in world class, it has become a demanded center for every kind of national and international activity and hosted many national and international events in accordance with the brand value of Istanbul.
- 5th World International Water Forum, March 2009
- 26th National Cardioogy Conference, October 2010
- İMKB 25th Anniversary Conference, December 2010
- İstanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, Opening Ceremony, January 2010
- Samsung Forum 2011, March 2011
- 2nd International İstanbul Water Forum, May 2011
- 4th İstanbul Fashion Ready-made Clothing Conference, May 2011
- CEPIC – Congress of the Display Industry Center, May 2011
- 18th International Dentistry Congress, May 2011
-TÜSİAD, Global Energy Strategies Simulation Congress, October 2011
- 27th National Cardiology Conference, October 2011
- Turkcell Technology Summit, November 2011
- Turkey Innovation Conference, December 2011
- Anatolian Fire Dance Show, January 2012
- Art Bosphorus, March 2012
- Samsung Forum 2012, March 2012
- ArkiPARC Real Estate Awards, March 2012
- Afife Jale Award Ceremony, April 2012
- AWID Forum 2012, April 2012
- İKSV – Music Festival 40th Anniversary Opening Concert, May 2012
- 39. Golden Butterfly Award Ceremony, June 2012
- Consumer Goods Forum, June 2012
- Ict Summıt Eurasıa Informatics Summit, September 2012
- I-DANS International Contemporary Dance and Performance Festival, October 2012
- Global Summit on City Tourism, November 2012,
- Turkcell Technology Summit, November 2012
- Design Turkey 2012, November 2012
- 2nd International Healthcare and Informatics Summit, March 2013
- Yapı Kredi Afife Jale Theater Awards, April 2013
- ArkiPARC Real Estate Awards, April 2013
- Afife Jale Awards Ceremony, April 2013
- Orthopedics and Traumatology Meeting, May 2013
- New York Philharmonic Orchestra Concert, May 2013
- Boat Fest 2013, May 2013
- Golden Compass Public Relations Award Ceremony, June 2013
- World Hipertension Congress, June 2013
- İstanbul Jazz Festival, July 2013
- 18th International Obesity Surgery and Metabolical Disorders Federation World Congress (IFSO 2013), August 2013
- İstanbul Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, September 2013
Haliç Congress Center can be reached from every corner of the city using the E-5 and TEM motorways. The Center is located on the Haliç coast and is in walking distance to Miniatürk and Rahmi M. Koç Industry Museum. It takes 10 minutes to arrive in Taksim, 20 minutes in the International Atatürk Airport and 40 minutes in the International Sabiha Gökçen Airport.
The Sütlüce/Halıcıoğlu stop the E-5 (D100) motorway is located near the Haliç bridge and can be reached using one of the metrobus/bus/minibus alternatives. Cityline ferries carry people from the Üsküdar and Eminönü ports to the Sütlüce port and it takes no more than 5 minutes to walk to the Center from there on. Sütlüce minibusses starting from Şişli and Şişhane are among alternative transportation means. IETT busses starting from Taksim, Eminönü and Mecidiyeköy can also be taken to arrive in the Haliç Congress Center.