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  2. İstiklal Avenue - Wikipedia

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    The street starts at the northern end of Galata (the medieval Genoese quarter) at Tünel Square and runs as far as Taksim Square. It was historically known as the Grand Avenue of Pera ( Ottoman Turkish : جادهٔ كبیر , romanized : Cadde-i Kebir ; Greek : Μεγάλη Οδός του Πέραν , romanized : Megali Odos tou Peran ).

  3. Taksim Square - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Istanbul nostalgic tramways - Wikipedia

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    The line runs between Taksim and Tunel via İstiklal Caddesi (Independence Avenue). This road was formerly used by tram, bus & car. This road was formerly used by tram, bus & car. After the original tram line closed in 1962, the street was still used by buses and cars until 1990, when the area ( Beyoğlu ) was recognized as a heritage area ...

  5. Istanbul Tram - Wikipedia

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    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 (sometimes called T5 line), operating on İstiklal Caddesi between Taksim and Tünel. Rolling stocks were same as the pre-1966 trams.

  6. Beyoğlu (Tünel) - Wikipedia

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    Connection to the İstiklal Avenue heritage tram line, to Taksim Square, is available just outside the station. About two blocks away is the İstiklal Avenue entrance to the Şişhane metro station on the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro. Since Beyoğlu is located within a mostly pedestrian area, no immediate connection to city buses is available.

  7. Beyoğlu - Wikipedia

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    The main thoroughfare is İstiklâl Caddesi, running into the neighbourhood from Taksim Square, a pedestrianised 1 mile (1.6 km) long street of shops, cafés, patisseries, restaurants, pubs, winehouses and clubs, as well as bookshops, theatres, cinemas and art galleries.

  8. Taksim (Istanbul Metro) - Wikipedia

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    Taksim is an underground rapid transit complex. It is located in central Beyoğlu under Taksim Square in Istanbul. [1] The complex is serviced by the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro and the Kabataş-Taksim Funicular (F1) line. Taksim was opened on 16 September 2000 as the southern terminus of the M2 until the line was extended to Yenikapı in ...

  9. 2022 Istanbul bombing - Wikipedia

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    The explosion occurred at 4:13 pm on 13 November 2022, on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu, in the European part of Istanbul. [37] İstiklal Avenue is a popular tourist street and one of the main roads leading to Taksim Square. [38] The bomb went off in front of a shopping store.