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Taksim Square (Turkish: Taksim Meydanı, IPA: [ˈtaksim ˈmejdanɯ]), situated in Beyoğlu in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey, is a major tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops, and hotels.
The street starts at the northern end of Galata (the medieval Genoese quarter) at Tünel Square and runs as far as Taksim Square. It was historically known as the Grand Avenue of Pera (Ottoman Turkish: جادهٔ كبیر, romanized: Cadde-i Kebir; Greek: Μεγάλη Οδός του Πέραν, romanized: Megali Odos tou Peran).
Important "edge cities", i.e. corridors and nodes of business and shopping centers and of tall residential buildings, include the Istanbul Central Business District in and around Şisli; the E-5/D-100 highway corridor along the north side of the old airport, and on the Asian side, Kozyatağı–Ataşehir, Altunizade, Kavacik and Ümraniye. [1]
Greek shops on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, 1930s. A view of Taksim Square with the Monument of the Republic (1928) When the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the Turkish Republic was founded (during and after the First World War) Pera, which became known as Beyoğlu in English in the modern era, went into gradual decline.
An elderly woman with Turkish flag on Taksim Square during the 2013 protests. From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans to replace Taksim Gezi Park with a shopping mall and possible residence. [14] [15] The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations. [16]
Islak hamburger (English: wet hamburger) or Taksim hamburger is a type of Turkish street food consisting of a hamburger soaked in tomato sauce. It is then typically served with mayonnaise. It is particularly popular around the area of Taksim Square in Istanbul. [1] [2]
The Grand Bazaar (Turkish: Kapalıçarşı, meaning ‘Covered Market’; also Büyük Çarşı, meaning ‘Grand Market’ [1]) in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops [2] [3] on a total area of 30,700 m 2, [4] attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. [5]
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, a number of impoverished noble Russian women, including a baroness, opened flower shops here. [4] By the 1940s the building was mostly occupied by flower shops, hence the present Turkish name Çiçek Pasajı (Flower Passage).