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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]
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.
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 ...
In 2024, Euromonitor International ranked Istanbul as the second most visited city in the world, welcoming 23 million visitors. [15] The historic centre of Istanbul is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the city hosts the headquarters of numerous Turkish companies, accounting for more than thirty percent of the country's economy. [16] [17]
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.
Istiglal anti-materiel rifle, Azerbaijani gun; Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, or Masjid Istiqlal, or Independence Mosque, National mosque of Indonesia; Istiqlal Mosque in Haifa, Israel
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 ...
After each catastrophe the icon of the Virgin could always be rescued, and embellishes still today the main altar. [2] Together with St. Anthony of Padua, also on Istiklal Caddesi, and SS. Peter and Paul in Galata, the church was one of the three Catholic parishes in the Levantine quarter of Istanbul. During the 19th century S. Mary became one ...