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On 19 March 2016, an Islamic State suicide bombing on Istiklal Avenue killed five people. [2] [3] [4] On 13 November 2022, a bomb explosion on Istiklal Avenue killed 6 people and left 81 injured. [5] Police detained a Syrian woman, Ahlam Albashir, suspected of being a Kurdish insurgent having planted the bomb, in a sweep of 47 arrests. [6]
On 19 March 2016, a suicide bombing took place in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district in front of the district governor's office. The attack occurred at 10:55 at the intersection of Balo Street with İstiklal Avenue, [3] a central shopping street. [4] The attack caused at least five deaths, [5] including that of the perpetrator. Thirty-six people were ...
At this time, all electricity-driven city transport in Istanbul completely ended. 1990 – İstiklal Caddesi (Independence Avenue) was closed to traffic. Trams returned to the European side of Istanbul as a heritage tram line, the Taksim-Tünel Nostalgia Tramway, operating on İstiklal Caddesi between Taksim and Tünel. Rolling stocks were same ...
A terrorist attack occurred on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 13 November 2022 (), [7] [8] killing 6 people and injuring 81 others. [9]No group has claimed responsibility, but Turkish authorities announced that Kurdish separatists were behind the attack, [10] implicating the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
At this time, all electricity-driven city transport in Istanbul completely ended. 1990 – İstiklal Caddesi (Independence Avenue) was closed to traffic. Trams returned to the European side of Istanbul as a heritage tram line, the Taksim-Tünel Nostalgia Tramway, operating on İstiklal Caddesi between Taksim and Tünel. Rolling stocks were same ...
Demolition of the old Tünel Building in Karaköy (southern terminus of the Tünel, near Bankalar Caddesi), c. 1968, before it was replaced by the current Karaköy station building. The Tünel (English: Tunnel, designated as the F2 line on the Istanbul transport map [1]) is a historic, underground, rubber-tyred funicular line in Istanbul, Turkey.
Beyoğlu (Turkish: [ˈbejoːɫu]; Ottoman Turkish: بكاوغلی) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 9 km 2, [3] and its population is 225,920 (2022). [1] It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn.
On January 12, 2016, an Islamic State suicide bomber committed the 2016 Istanbul bombing in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square, killing 12 people. All of the victims killed were foreign citizens (11 Germans, 1 Peruvian).