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3 unusual facts about Bağdat Avenue


Bağdat Avenue

With the heightened GTI and hot hatch culture starting in the 1990s, street-racing was revived in full.

The one-way avenue with old plane trees is flanked with shopping malls, department stores, fashion garment stores, elegant shops offering world famous brands, restaurants of international and local cuisine, pubs and cafes, luxury car dealers and bank agencies.

Just as Taksim is where people gather for huge national events on the European side, people on the Asian side gather on Bağdat Avenue to celebrate events such as a sport victory or a national holiday.



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