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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Istanbul
By Barry Swackhamer, May 9, 2015
Galata Tower Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | Turkish:
29 Mayis
1453
Salı Sabahi
Cenevizlerin
Galata
Kolonisi
Anahtarlarını
Fatih Sultan
Mehmed
Takdim Etmiş
ve Galatanın
Teslimi
1 Haziran Cuma
Günü . . . — — Map (db m84878) HM |
| On Turnacıbaşı Caddesi just from Galatasarayı Lisesi, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Turkish:
Galatasarayı Hamami
Tarihinden
İnşaası: Sultan Bayazıt.II.1481-1541
ilâve ve tamirler: Sultan Selim II.
avcı Mehet. IV. Ahmet.III. mahmu dı
restorasiyon Hüseyin Yumuşak . . . — — Map (db m84877) HM |
| On İstiklal Caddesi just from Taskim Caddesi, on the left when traveling east. |
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The settlement increased on the shores of the Bosphorus in the period of (1703-1730) Ahmed III and brought the problem of water supply. To solve this problem, development activities were initiated but these development activities . . . — — Map (db m84831) HM |
| On Meşrutiyet Caddesi just from SadiKonuralp Caddesi, on the left when traveling east. |
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The story of the Tunnel. which is the second oldest underground system in the World after the London Underground, started with the French engineer Eugene Henri Gavand‘s initiative. Engineer Gavand observed people shuttling between . . . — — Map (db m84829) HM |
| On Şehzadebaşı Caddesi just from Gençtürk Caddis, on the right when traveling west. |
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This mosque was dedicated to one of the Princes of Salesman the Magnificent, who died young: Sehzade Mehmed, the son of Suleyman and Hurrem was born in 1521 and died in 1543. Some believe that Sinan, was building it for Suleyman, . . . — — Map (db m85077) HM |
| On Ordu Caddesi just from Darphane Sokak, on the left when traveling west. |
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This building is one of the first construction works in the city after the conquest of Istanbul. according to its epigraph. The place where Şimkeşhane (a place where thread was produced for fabric) was built, used to be . . . — — Map (db m84950) HM |
| On Ahırkapı Cadde just from Şadırvan Sokak, on the right when traveling west. |
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This place belongs to "The Foundation of the Sons and Servants of Great Turkish Admiral Hayrettin (Barbarossa) Pasha." The sailors of the Pasha were resting here without losing sight of the sea. In the XVI Century, one of the . . . — — Map (db m84709) HM |
| On Alemdar Caddesi just from Alayköşkü Caddesi, on the left when traveling south. |
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Alay Pavilion was the building constructed above the outer wall of Topkapl Palace for the sultans to watch the ceremonies. Before the construction of Alay Pavillion, there was a timber pavilion in 16th century. The recent . . . — — Map (db m85044) HM |
| On Yerebatan Caddesi just from Alaemdar Caddesi, on the right when traveling south. |
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The Basilica Cistern was constructed by Eastern Roman Emperor I. Justinianus (527-565) in 542 A.D. to provide water requirement of the Great Palace. Due to the brilliance among the marble columns arising within the water, it was . . . — — Map (db m84740) HM |
| On Divan Yolu Cadde 1.3 kilometers from İmran Ötkem Cadde, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English: The cistern was constructed in 4th century. As the Emperor Constantinus I reestablished the city, some members of the senate were forced to migrate here and Philoxenos that was one of them constructed his palace next to the . . . — — Map (db m84689) HM |
| On Divan Yolu Caddesi just from Atmeydanı Caddesi, on the left when traveling west. |
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Firuz Aga Mosque was constructed by Firuz Aga who was Chief-treasurer of Sultan Bayezid II. The mosque was a bigger yard before the extension of Divanyolu, was constructed in 1491 as it was shown at the tablet on its door. The . . . — — Map (db m84948) HM |
| | English: German Fountain is a monument dedicated to the second visit of the Prussian King and German Emperor Wilhelm II in 1898. The monument, which was presented in the name of Turkish-German friendship, extending its function of being a . . . — — Map (db m84692) HM |
| Near Alemdar Caddesi just from Soǧuk Çeşme Sokak, on the left when traveling south. |
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Gulhane Park used to be the exterior yard of Topkapi Palace during the
Ottoman Period, encompassing rose gardens and a grove.
Gulhane was landscaped and transformed into a park in 1912 during the period of Cemil Topuzlu, . . . — — Map (db m85041) HM |
| On Ayasofya Meydani just from Caferiye Sodak, on the right when traveling east. |
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The present Ayasofya is the third building of the same name that was constructed in the same place.
The First Great Church serving as the cathedral was constructed by Emperor Constantius (337-361) in 360; it had a basilica . . . — — Map (db m84754) HM |
| On Ayasofya Meydani just from Kabasakal Cadde, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English: This building that was one of the great and gorgeous buildings of Ottoman bathhouses in Istanbul, was constructed by Hurrem Sultan in 1556-57. The architect of the building, that was called "Hagias Sophia Bathouse", was Architect . . . — — Map (db m84632) HM |
| On Tomurcuk Sokak just from Fenerlikapı Sokak, on the right when traveling south. |
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The mosque that is situated near Kahirpapi in Fenerti Street is also known as "Aga Mosque.” The architect of the mosque which was built for Agha Babu's-saade (gate of felicity) Mahmund Agha, is Mimar Sinan. Having built by . . . — — Map (db m86075) HM |
| On 16 Mart Şehitleri Caddesi just from Şehzadebaşı Caddesi, on the left when traveling south. |
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The ”March 16th Martyrs" is an event that took place on 16th March 1920 when the military station in Şehzadebaş was raided and six soldiers killed during the British occupation of Istanbul. After the Armistice
of . . . — — Map (db m84857) HM |
| On Kennedy Caddesi just from Ahırkapı Caddesi. |
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They are the defensive structures, 7620 m in length, built by the decree of the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Theodosios II (408- 450), to protect Constantinople from hostile attacks. The walls border the peninsula on the . . . — — Map (db m84815) HM |
| On Kabasakal Cadde just from Atmeydanı Cadde, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English: Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmed I (1603-1617) is located at the northeast part of Sultanahmet Kulliye. There is a darülkurra (a part of a madrasah) behind this mausoleum surrounded with wall and a building on the corner, in front of . . . — — Map (db m84635) HM |
| On Divan Yolu Caddesi just from Yerebatan Caddesi, on the right when traveling west. |
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Constantine I built a forum adorned with sculptures, pillars and marble arches known as the Constantine Forum in Mese which is today called Çemberlitaş. The emperor preserved the entire Strategion, the main square of the . . . — — Map (db m84739) HM |
| On Mimar Sinan Caddesi at Fetva Ykş., on the right when traveling west on Mimar Sinan Caddesi. |
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Mimar Sinan was the head-architect during the periods of Kanuni Sultan Suleyman, Selim II and Murad Ill. He had a very important role on designing and building the architectural masterpieces those were symbolizing the power of the . . . — — Map (db m84876) HM |
| On Sultan Ahmed Parki just from Terzihane Sokak, on the left when traveling south. |
| | English: The obelisk was originally set up by Tutmoses III of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt in close to 1450 BC along with a similar one in front of the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak.
Inscribed on the obelisk is an Egyptian hieroglyph script, . . . — — Map (db m84711) HM |
| On Alemdar Caddesi just from Alayköşkü Caddesi, on the right when traveling south. |
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It was the building that was constructed by Sultan Osman III. in 1756 and the first official building for the grand vizier. The building faced several fires and was reconstructed every time after the fires.
In the first . . . — — Map (db m85033) HM |
| On Kennedy Caddesi just from Aksakal Sokaǧi, on the right when traveling west. |
| | English: Bucoleon Palace is a Byzantine coastal palace. It is located on the Marmara Sea shore, at Catladikapi location between Cankurtaran and Kumkapı today in the east of Little Hagia Sophia. Only the ruins of the palace have survived . . . — — Map (db m84979) HM |
| On Mahkeme Sokak just from Kutucular Caddesi, on the left when traveling south. |
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Rustem Pasha, who was both the grand vizier and son in law of Suleiman the over the Masjid of Haci Halil. Rustem Pasha Mosque is a recherché work of Mimar Sinan with its mosque, shops, inns, and fountains. The mosque is built in a . . . — — Map (db m84812) HM |
| On Atmeydanı Caddei just from Trephine Sokak. |
| | English: It is a Bronze monument which is well-known under the name of Serpentine Column survived to the present day from the Roman Hippodrome.
While I. Constantine's establishing the
Constantinople; i.e. the new capital of Rome, he . . . — — Map (db m84712) HM |
| On Ankara Caddesi just from Sirkeci İstasyon Caddesi, on the right when traveling north. |
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The structure is one of the examples of convergence of Western eclecticism seen in especially 19th century Istanbul and the regional and national stylistic
patterns. The building was constructed as a terminal when Roumeli Railway . . . — — Map (db m85075) HM |
| Near Divan Yolu Cadde, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English: St. Euphemia who was known to be a saint in the era of Ancient Chalcedon, was killed because of her religious belief on 16 September 303. Euphemia was buried within a martyrion (burial place), out of the city in Chalcedon, done by . . . — — Map (db m84691) HM |
| On Prof. Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi just from Süleymaniye Caddesi, on the left when traveling east. |
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This building is a social complex constructed by Mimar Sinan (Sinan the Architect) on the order of Suleiman the Magnificent (1550-1557). The Süleymaniye Mosque is at the center of the social complex constructed on a high hill . . . — — Map (db m84862) HM |
| On Yerebatan Caddesi just from Alaemdar Caddesi, on the right when traveling south. |
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Constructed in the 6th century during the reign of Emperor Justinianus, the most prosperous period of the East Roman Empire, the cistern Basilica is 70m. in width and 140m. in length. The dome, covering an area of 9800 m2, is . . . — — Map (db m84745) HM |
| On Büyük Postane Caddesi just from Mimar Vedak Sokak, on the left when traveling west. |
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The construction of this building, the largest post office of Turkey, was started in 1905, to serve as the building of Ministry of Post and Telegraph.
The construction was completed in 1909 and the name of the building was . . . — — Map (db m84980) HM |
| On İshak Paşa Cadde at Kabasakal Cadde, on the left when traveling west on İshak Paşa Cadde. |
| | English: The Fountain was constructed by Mimar Ahmed Aga on the order of Ahmed III following the recommendation of Nevsehirii Damat
Ibrahim Pasha, replacing a Byzantine fountain named Perayton. The fountain which is one of the most . . . — — Map (db m84610) HM |
| On Tahmis Sokak just from Çiçek Pazarı Sokak, on the right when traveling north. |
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The construction of the bazaar began in 1597 by order of Safiye sultan, the wife of the Ottoman Sultan Murat the 3rd and the mother of Sultan Mehmet the 3rd.
67 years later, it was completed by order of Hatice Turhan Sultan, . . . — — Map (db m84814) HM |
| On Divan Yolu Caddesi just from Yerebatan Caddesi, on the right when traveling west. |
| | English: In Ancient Rome, It used to be the starting point of all the roads reaching to Constantinople and the origin point used for the calculation of the distance of other cities to this city. It has the same function as the Milliarium . . . — — Map (db m84738) HM |
| On Ayasofya Meydani just from Caferiye Sodak, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English: The church built by the Emperor Theodosios II (408-450) on a basilica plan covered by a wooden-roof was opened for worship in 415. It was destroyed by fire during the Nike Revolt against the Emperor Justinian (527-565).
A . . . — — Map (db m84755) HM |
| On OO just from Darphane Sokak, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English:
The marble pieces that are located here belong to the Triumphal Arch and the Forum built by and named after the last emperor of the Roman Empire; Theodosius the Great (4th Cent. A.D.). The Triumphal Arch was situated on the corner . . . — — Map (db m84952) HM |
| Near Süleymaniye Caddesi just from Prof. Sıddık Sami Onar Caddesi, on the left when traveling north. |
| | English: Suleiman the Magnificent (1494, Trabzon - 1566, Szigetvár), was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the 89th Caliph of Islam. In the west, he was known as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the east, he was known as Sultan . . . — — Map (db m84860) HM |
| On Kabasakal Caddesi just from Ayasofya Meudani, on the left when traveling north. |
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The building was constructed by the Architect Ahmed Agha in 1608. The octagonal shape of the tomb is covered by a central dome, with a large main hall in the middle and two lateral spaces the entrance.
There are mural . . . — — Map (db m84756) HM |
| On Kabasakal Caddesi just from Ayasofya Meudani, on the left when traveling north. |
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It is the first burial construction in the graveyard of Ayassofya made by the Architect Sinan, in 1577. The external walls of the building are covered with marble panels and there is a three-arched small porch (riwaq) at the front. . . . — — Map (db m84757) HM |
| On Soğuk Çeşme Sokak at Kabasakal Cadde, on the right when traveling east on Soğuk Çeşme Sokak. |
| | English: Topkapi Palace was the resident of Ottoman sultans, and center of state management and education. Mehmed the Conqueror ordered the construction of a palace in Bayezid, at the location of Istanbul University at the present that would . . . — — Map (db m84609) HM |
| On Sultan Ahmed Parki just from Terzihane Sokak. |
| | English: Walled Column also known as Walled Obelisk is one of three ancient monuments, which has survived to the present day. In the middle of the Hippodrome, there was a set that bisects race space and called as "spina" in Roman period . . . — — Map (db m84710) HM |
| On Adnan Kahveci Street at Abdi Ipekçi Street, in the median on Adnan Kahveci Street. |
| | 1949 yılında Trabzon’un Köprübaşı ilçesi, Beşköy beldesi Yılmazlar köyünde doğdu.
Istanbul Fen Fakültesinden sonra M. E. B. bursuyla ABD'de Indiana'daki Purdue Üniversitesine gitti. Elektrik Mühendisi oldu. . . . — — Map (db m95748) HM |
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