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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]
It is located on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district. Together with the churches of St. Mary Draperis (also on Istiklal Avenue), and of SS. Peter and Paul in Galata, it was one of three Levantine parishes in Beyoglu. Today it is run by Italian priests. Saturday Mass in English begins at 19:00; Sunday Mass in Italian is at 11:30, in Polish ...
After Saturday comes Sunday (Arabic: min sallaf es-sabt lāqā el-ḥadd qiddāmūh, lit. ' When Saturday is gone, one will find Sunday ' ) is a Middle Eastern proverb. [ 1 ] It has been documented in Egypt , Syria , and Lebanon , albeit in the form sállẹf ẹs-sábt bẹtlâqi l-ḥádd qẹddâmẹk ( lit.
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 ...
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).
Pera became a flourishing trade colony, ruled by a podestà. The Genoese Palace (Palazzo del Comune) was built in 1316 [10] by Montano de Marinis, the Podestà of Galata (Pera), and still remains today in ruins, near the Bankalar Caddesi (Banks Street) in Karaköy, along with its adjacent buildings and numerous Genoese houses from the early ...
İstiklal Caddesi (Independence Avenue), a long pedestrian shopping street, ends at this square, and a nostalgic tram runs from the square along the avenue, ending near the Tünel (1875) which is the world's second-oldest subway line after London's Underground (1863). In addition to serving as the main transfer point for the municipal bus ...
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]