The following is a timeline of the history of the town of Istanbul , Turkey.
Prior to 4th century [ edit ]
4th-15th centuries [ edit ]
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15th–19th centuries [ edit ]
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20th century [ edit ]
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1905 – 21 July: Yıldız assassination attempt .
1908 – Istanbul declared a province with nine constituent districts.
1912 – Gülhane Park opens.
1914 – Darülbedayi theatre founded.
1915 – The 20 Hunchakian gallows hanging occurs in Beyazıt Square .
1918 – 13 November: Occupation of Constantinople by Allied forces begins, per Armistice of Mudros .[ 9]
1919 – Sultanahmet demonstrations .
1923
1924 – Airport opens in Yeşilköy .
1930 – City renamed "Istanbul".[ 10]
1933 – Istanbul University established.[ 5]
1938 – 10 November: Death of Atatürk .
1940
1947 – İnönü Stadium opens in Beşiktaş .
1950 – Population: 1,000,022.[ 5]
1955 – 6–7 September: Istanbul pogrom .
1958 – Küçük Emek cinema opens.[ 11]
1964 – Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage opens.
1965 – Population: 2,293,823 (districts of Adalar , Bakırköy , Beşiktaş , Beykoz , Beyoğlu , Çatalca , Eyüp , Fatih , Gaziosmanpaşa , Kadıköy , Kartal , Sarıyer , Silivri , Şile , Şişli , Üsküdar , Yalova , and Zeytinburnu ).[ 12]
1969 – Bloody Sunday (1969) .
1973
1975 – 30 January: Airplane crash
1977 – 1 May: Taksim Square massacre .
1979 – Istanbul Marathon begins.
1982 – International Istanbul Film Festival begins.
1984 – March 23: Municipality of Greater Istanbul established.
1988 – Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge built.
1989
1994
1995 – 1995 Gazi Quarter riots .
1996 - United Nations Conference on Human Settlements held.
1999 – 1999 Istanbul bombings .
21st century [ edit ]
This section requires expansion . (December 2013)
See also [ edit ]
Other cities in Turkey
References [ edit ]
^ a b c "Istanbul", Webster's Geographical Dictionary , USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 503, OL 5812502M
^ a b Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Constantinople" , Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
^ George Henry Townsend (1867), "Constantinople" , A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
^ Gabor Agoston and Bruce Alan Masters, ed. (2009). "Istanbul" . Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire . Facts on File . ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7 .
^ a b c d e f Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World , New York: Columbia University Press, p. 854, OL 6112221M
^ "Istanbul" . Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture . Oxford University Press. 2009. pp. 315–330. ISBN 9780195309911 .
^ Cornel Zwierlein (2012). "Burning of a Modern City? Istanbul as Perceived by the Agents of the Sun Fire Office, 1865-1870" . In Greg Bankoff; et al. Flammable Cities: Urban Conflagration and the Making of the Modern World . USA: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 82–102. ISBN 978-0-299-28383-4 .
^ "Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric" , Reuters , 29 October 2014
^ Stephen Pope; Elizabeth-Anne Wheal (1995). "Select Chronology" . Dictionary of the First World War . Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-85052-979-1 .
^ a b c "Turkey Profile: Timeline" . BBC News . Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ "Movie Theaters in Istanbul, Turkey" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ Turkish Statistical Institute. "Istanbul" . 1965 Population Census Data Base (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ "City Guide: Istanbul" . Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
^ Ipek Türeli (2006). "Modeling Citizenship in Turkey’s Miniature Park" . Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review (International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments) 17 – via University of California, Berkeley.
^ Turkish Statistical Institute (2007). "Istanbul" . Population Census Data Base (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ Turkish Statistical Institute (2008). "Istanbul" . Population Census Data Base (in Turkish). Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ "Turkey" . Art Spaces Directory . New York: New Museum . Retrieved 30 December 2013 .
^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year . 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4 .
^ Rails under the Bosporus , Railway Gazette International 2009-02-23
^ Pope in 'silent adoration' in Istanbul Blue Mosque
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Turkish Wikipedia .
Further reading [ edit ]
See also: Bibliography of Istanbul (tr )
Published in the 18th-19th century [ edit ]
Petrus Gyllius ; John Ball (1729). Antiquities of Constantinople . London.
William Hunter (1803), "(Constantinople)" , Travels through France, Turkey, and Hungary, to Vienna, in 1792 (3rd ed.), London: J. White, OCLC 10321359
H.A.S. Dearborn (1819), "Constantinople" , A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea , Boston: Wells & Lilly
Jedidiah Morse ; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Constantinople" , A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
Josiah Conder (1830), "Constantinople" , Turkey , The Modern Traveller 14 , London: J.Duncan
John Fuller (1830), "Constantinople" , Narrative of a Tour Through Some Parts of the Turkish Empire , John Murray, OCLC 15470157
David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Constantinople" . Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 7 . Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker.
Evliya Çelebi (1834). "(Constantinople)" . Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century 1 . Translated by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall . London: Oriental Translation Fund .
Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Constantinople" . New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events . London: Thomas Kelly.
John Macgregor (1844). "Trade of Constantinople" . Commercial Statistics . London: C. Knight and Co.
"Constantinople" , Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople , London: J. Murray , 1845, OCLC 397597
Mrs. Edmund Hornby (1858), In and Around Stamboul , Philadelphia: J. Challen & Son
Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Constantinople" . Geography . English Cyclopaedia 2 . London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
"Constantinople" , Appleton's European Guide Book , New York: D. Appleton & Co. , 1888
Published in the 20th century [ edit ]
William Holden Hutton (1900), Constantinople , Mediaeval Towns, London: J. M. Dent, OCLC 150311124
"Constantinople" , Chambers's Encyclopaedia , London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
Handbook for Travellers in Constantinople, Brûsa, and the Troad , London: J. Murray , 1907
Guide to Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, the Coasts of Asia Minor . London: Macmillan and Co. 1907.
"Constantinople" , Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Demetrius Coufopoulos (1910), Guide to Constantinople (4th ed.), London: Adam and Charles Black
Robert Hichens (1913), The Near East: Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople , New York: Century Co., OCLC 1293222
Francis Whiting Halsey , ed. (1914). "Constantinople". Russia, Scandinavia, and the Southeast . Seeing Europe with Famous Authors 10 . Funk & Wagnalls Company – via Hathi Trust.
William Harman Black (1920). "Turkey: Constantinople" . The Real Europe Pocket Guide-Book . Black's Blue Books (10). New York: Brentano's.
Alt-Konstantinopel [Old Constantinople: 110 photographs of the city ] (in German), München: Roland-Verlag, 1920
Glanville Downey (1960), Constantinople in the Age of Justinian , Centers of Civilization Series, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, OL 5800255M
Bernard Lewis (1963), Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire , USA: University of Oklahoma Press, OCLC 479098
"Istanbul, the City That Links Europe and Asia", National Geographic Magazine (Washington DC) 144 , 1973
J. H. G. Lebon (1970). "Islamic City in the Near East: A Comparative Study of Cairo, Alexandria and Istanbul". Town Planning Review 41 . JSTOR 40102697 .
Colin Thubron (1978), Istanbul , Great Cities, Time-Life Books, OL 4178939M
Philip Mansel (1995), Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924 , John Murray, ISBN 9780719550768
Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Istanbul". Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places 3 . Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650 .
Edhem Eldem; et al. (1999), The Ottoman City between East and West: Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul , New York: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 052164304X
Published in the 21st century [ edit ]
Arzu Öztürkmen (2002). "From Constantinople to Istanbul: Two Sources on the Historical Folklore of a City". Asian Folklore Studies 61 . JSTOR 1178974 .
Europe's Muslim Capital by Philip Mansel in the June 2003 issue of History Today
Amy Mills (2005). "Narratives in City Landscapes: Cultural Identity in Istanbul". Geographical Review 95 . JSTOR 30034247 .
Josef W. Meri , ed. (2006). "Istanbul". Medieval Islamic Civilization . Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7 .
C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Istanbul" . Historic Cities of the Islamic World . Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 180–218. ISBN 9004153888 .
Bruce Stanley (2008), "Istanbul" , in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa , Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 180–187, ISBN 9781576079195
Nebahat Avcioğlu (2008). "Istanbul: The Palimpsest City in Search of Its Architext". RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics (53/54). JSTOR 25608817 .
Ebru Boyar (2010), A social history of Ottoman Istanbul , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521199551
Birge Yildirim (2012), Transformation Of Public Squares Of Istanbul Between 1938—1949 – via International Planning History Society
Gerhard Böwering, ed. (2013). "Istanbul" . Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought . Princeton University Press . ISBN 0-691-13484-7 .
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