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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]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
There are today 50,000 to 70,000 Armenians in Istanbul [208] down from a peak of 164,000 in 1913. [209] As of 2019, an estimated 18,000 of the country's 25,000 Christian Assyrians live in Istanbul. [210] There are 234 active churches and chapels in the city, [211] including the Church of St. Anthony of Padua on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu (Pera).
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 ...
In 2007 a new generation of a rolling stock was brought into operation. Today each car can carry 170 passengers and travels at a maximum speed of 22 km/h (14 mph). A trip from top to bottom takes about 1.5 minutes, with normal waiting time 3.5 minutes. [4] In 2021 the first female driver joined the staff of the Tünel.
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).