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'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. It acquired its modern name after the declaration of the Republic on 29 October 1923, İstiklal (Independence) commemorating Turkey's triumph in its War of ...
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.
İstiklal (lit. ' independence ') is a national Turkish newspaper. İstiklal may also refer to: İstiklal, Seyhan, a neighborhood in Adana, Turkey; İstiklal Avenue, a major pedestrian shopping street in Istanbul; İstiklal Marşı, the national anthem of Turkey and Northern Cyprus; Istiklal Mosque, Sarajevo, a mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Istiglal anti-materiel rifle, Azerbaijani gun; Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, or Masjid Istiqlal, or Independence Mosque, National mosque of Indonesia; Istiqlal Mosque in Haifa, Israel
Istihlal (Arabic: استحلال istiḥlāl) is a term used in Islamic jurisprudence, or fiqh, to refer to the act of regarding some action as permissible, or halaal, although it is haraam; the implication is that such a regard is an erroneous and improper distortion of Islamic law.
View from inside the church The upper part of the complex façade on Istiklal Caddesi. The complex has an entrance in neoclassical style - embellished by a statue of the Virgin in a niche - on Istiklal Caddesi, which is followed by a flight of steps leading downhill to the church. The edifice has a rectangular plan and is covered by a barrel ...
Beyoğlu continued to be named Pera during the Middle Ages and, in western languages, into the early 20th century. According to the prevailing theory, the Turkish name of Pera, Beyoğlu, meaning "Bey's Son" in Turkish, is a modification by folk etymology of the Venetian title of Bailo.
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. It has two stations, connecting Karaköy and Beyoğlu. The tunnel runs uphill from near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the Bosphorus and is about 573 metres (1,880 feet ...