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  2. Taksim Square - Wikipedia

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    Another significant building that once stood on the square was the 19th century Taksim Artillery Barracks (Taksim Kışlası, which later became the Taksim Stadium), but which was demolished in 1940 during the construction works in accordance with the plans of French architect and city planner Henri Prost for Taksim Square and Taksim Gezi Park. [1]

  3. Bloody Sunday (1969) - Wikipedia

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    Elements of the Turkish left and labour movement were protesting against what they regarded as American imperialism. [3] Protests increased after the United States Sixth Fleet arrived in Turkey. [4] Unrest peaked on February 16, 1969, when 30,000 people marched on Taksim Square. The demonstration was broken up by the police, but several ...

  4. Taksim Mosque - Wikipedia

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    Taksim Mosque (Turkish: Taksim Camii) is a mosque complex in Taksim Square, Istanbul. It was designed by two Turkish architects in the Art Deco style, [6] [7] [8] and can hold up to 3,000 worshippers at the same time. Construction began on February 17, 2017, and lasted for four years. [9]

  5. List of edge cities - Wikipedia

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    Taksim-Beyoğlu: Taksim Square in Beyoğlu to Nişantaşı in Şişli [10] The Istanbul Central Business District as the real estate industry refers to it, which is not the historic city center, but is a 7-km-long north-south corridor of modern areas along Barbaros Boulevard and Büyükdere Avenue. Metro Line 2 runs along part of it.

  6. Gezi Park protests - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of city squares by size - Wikipedia

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    City square City Country Area Dimensions, notes Year Photo Ref (m 2) [1] (ft 2) Xinghai Square: Dalian ... Taksim Square: Istanbul

  8. 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).

  9. Taksim - Wikipedia

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    Taksim means "division", "partition", or "distribution" in Turkish, Arabic, Persian and Urdu. It may refer to: Taksim (Istanbul Metro), an underground rapid transit complex under Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey; Taksim, the Turkish Cypriot political belief in the partition of Cyprus in the Cyprus dispute