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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.
The bombing was the fourth suicide bombing in Turkey in 2016, [8] and occurred six days after a bombing in Ankara that left 37 people dead. The United States embassy in Ankara had issued a terrorism warning to its citizens the day before the bombing for Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Adana.
Taksim Square (Turkish: Taksim Meydanı, IPA: [ˈtaksim ˈmejdanɯ]), situated in Beyoğlu in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey, is a major tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops, and hotels.
[13] 10,000 gathered in Istiklal Avenue. [14] According to governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu, 63 people had been arrested and detained. [15] [16] The police use of tear gas was criticised for being "indiscriminate". [15] The interior minister, Muammer Guler, said the claims of the use of disproportionate force would be investigated. [15]
Taksim Square - Gezi Park Protests, İstanbul: Date: 1 June 2013, 16:27: Source: İstiklâl Caddesi, Taksim Square - Gezi Park Protests, İstanbul: Author: Alan Hilditch from Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
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).
Taksim Military Barracks, built 1806, turned into Taksim Stadium in 1921, and demolished in 1940 Gezi Park as seen from the Marmara Hotel on Taksim Square The initial cause of the protests was the plan to remove Gezi Park , one of the few remaining green spaces in the center of the European side of Istanbul.
The 2010 Istanbul bomb blast was a suicide bombing that took place on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on 31 October 2010. The bomb resulted in at least 32 injuries, 15 of whom were police officers [1] [3] and was claimed by a Kurdish secessionist group known as the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK).