Taksim Military Barracks
The Taksim Military Barracks or Halil Pasha Artillery Barracks (Template:Lang-tr or Halil Paşa Topçu Kışlası) were located at the site of the present-day Taksim Gezi Park next to Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey.[1] It was built in 1806, during the reign (1789–1807) of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III.
During the 31 March Incident in 1909, the barracks building suffered considerable damage, and waited to be repaired.[2] Its internal courtyard was later transformed into the Taksim Stadium in 1921, and became the first football stadium in Turkey, used by all major football clubs in the city, including Beşiktaş J.K., Galatasaray S.K. and Fenerbahçe S.K.. The stadium was closed in 1939, and demolished in 1940, during the renovation works of Taksim Square.
Reconstruction
On 16 September 2011, the assembly of the Beyoğlu Municipality enacted to rebuild the structure;[3] although the area falls within the purview of green space protection ordinances, development interests are exploiting statutes protecting historic structures in order to subjugate those protections; the rebuilt barracks is intended to be a shopping center. As of the time of the decision, no surviving portion of the barracks exist on site.
The reconstruction of the barracks was met by protests in Istanbul, this protest evolving into the nationwide 2013 Taksim Gezi Park protests.
References and sources
- ^ "Yok olan Taksim Meydanı - Topçu Kışlası yeniden inşa ediliyor!" (in Turkish). wow Turkey. 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ "Taksim Gezi Parkı'nın Tarihçesi". Aktif Haber (in Turkish). 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-06-91.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Belediye Taksim Meydanı için kararını verdi". Radikal (in Turkish). 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2013-06-01.