Taksim

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Taksim means "division", "partition", or "distribution" in Turkish, Arabic, Persian and Urdu.

Taksim may also refer to:

  • Taksim (politics), the Turkish Cypriot political belief in the partition of Cyprus in the Cyprus dispute
  • Taksim Military Barracks, an artillery barracks in Istanbul that was built in 1806
  • Taksim Square, a major shopping, tourist and leisure district in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Taksim Square massacre on 1 May 1977
  • Taksim Stadium, a football stadium in Istanbul that was converted from Taksim Military Barracks in 1921
  • Taqsim, a style of musical improvisation in Balkan and Middle Eastern music