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2 unusual facts about Taksim


Simon Agopyan

From 1883 onwards Agopyan taught art at the Berberyan and Mezburyan schools in Uskudar, and at the Esayan School in Taksim.

Taksim Gezi Park

The Koç Group, which had supported the demonstrators by giving them sanctuary in one of their hotels near Taksim was then subject to a tax investigation.


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Bağdat Avenue

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.

Feriköy Protestant Cemetery

Between 1840 and 1910, the area of Istanbul stretching northward from Taksim to Şişli was transformed from open countryside to densely inhabited residential settlement.


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