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İstiklal Avenue (Turkish: İstiklal Caddesi, lit. 'Independence Avenue') is a 1.4 kilometre (0.87 mi) pedestrian street in the historic Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul , Turkey . It is one of the most famous avenues in the city.
Çiçek Pasajı (Turkish: Flower Passage), originally called the Cité de Péra, is a famous historic passage (galleria or arcade) on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. A covered arcade with rows of historic cafes, winehouses and restaurants, it connects İstiklal Avenue with Sahne Street and has a side entrance ...
In 1667 Justinus Colyer was the Dutch representative in Istanbul. He bought a piece of land off the Grand Rue de Pera (now İstiklal Avenue), and there built a wooden palace. In order to protect important documents and furniture from fire, he ordered in 1711 a stone building to be built.
There are varying interpretations of the straight path in Islam, with some viewing it as a reference to the Quran, while others consider it to represent Islam or the Prophet. [2] The straight path is understood as a reference to a clear, direct, and uncomplicated road without any deviation or crookedness. [ 2 ]
He left the embassy kitchen, and established the bakery, located at Grand rue de Péra (today İstiklal Avenue), [2] on the corner of "Passage Oriental" in Pera (today Beyoğlu district of Istanbul). [3] Pera was then a district populated mostly by Levantines and non-Muslims. [2]
Istiklal Mosque, Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Istiqlal Mosque in Haifa, Israel; Istiglal Ordeni, the Independence Order, Azerbaijani honour; Istiqlál, the name of the last day of the week in the Baháʼí calendar, corresponding to Friday; Istiqlal, a Uyghur exile-operated media organization based in Turkey; Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku ...
The bombing took place on İstiklal Avenue, a shopping area popular with tourists and considered the busiest avenue in Turkey. [4] [11] However, the bombing took place at a time when the avenue was relatively quiet. [5] The site of detonation was a few hundred metres away from a place where police buses are usually parked. [8]
Vocal of the İstiklal Marşı in Ogg Vorbis; Official Records of the Grand National Assembly of The Republic of Turkey on the parliamentary debates and history of the İstiklal Marşı – Zabit Ceridesi – 12.03.1921 (in Turkish) on YouTube (in Turkish) (archive link)