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This article is about the neighborhood of İstanbul. For other uses, see Kurtuluş (disambiguation).
Kurtuluş
Neighborhood
Country Turkey
RegionMarmara
ProvinceIstanbul
DistrictŞişli
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
34375, 34377, 34379
Area code0-212

Kurtuluş, (Turkish for Liberation, Salvation, formerly known as Tatavla meaning "horse stable in Template:Lang-el) is a cosmopolitan neighborhood of Şişli whose population consists of Turks, Greeks (now almost completely emigrated), Armenians (who still live there in numbers), Kurds (who are relatively recent economic migrants), and Jews (who still live there in numbers). The Turkish name means "independence", "deliverance" and also "good riddance".[citation needed]

History

The quarter was originally built in the 16th century as a residential area for Chian Greeks, settled here to work in the principal dockyards of the Ottoman Empire which were situated in the neighboring Kasımpaşa quarter.[citation needed] In 1832, a fire swept and completely destroyed the neighborhood with 600 houses and 30 shops going up in flames. Tatavla emerged as an entirely Greek part of Istanbul, while during the 19th century reached a population of 20,000 and hosted several Orthodox churches, schools and tavernas.[1] It was nicknamed Little Athens due to its Greek character.[1]

The neighborhood's name was changed to Kurtuluş, six years after the Republic of Turkey was founded, for its rebuilding and symbolizing its rejuvenation, after a fire swept and largely destroyed the neighborhood on April 13, 1929, with 207 houses going up in flames. Despite the turmoil of the Balkan War, followed by World War I and the following Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and the devastating fire, the neighborhood continued to retain its large Greek population and atmosphere, at least until the riots of 1955. It was typically the residential area for Greeks of more modest income, as opposed to, for example, Tarabya on the Bosphorus, where richer Greeks as well as rich Turks and Europeans lived. Nevertheless, a number of beautiful houses were built in the late 19th century, some of which still stand today.

Kurtuluş, was also the place that ended the Baklahorani carnival, an annual event led by the Greek community of the city, which was banned by the Turkish authorities in 1943, but got revived in 2010.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Didem Danis, Ebru Kayaalp. "Elmadag: A Neighborhood in Flux" (PDF). Institut Francais D'Etudes AnatoliennesEORGES DUMEZIL. p. 19. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ^ Mullins, Ansel. "Reviving Carnival in Istanbul". New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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