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The once named Grand Rue de Pera or Cadde-i Kebir (meaning main road in Ottoman Turkish), today’s İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu is currently being reborn from its ashes. With each renovated Art Nouveau building, it is rising higher like a phoenix that is by nature destined to be reborn yet again. One of these historical […]

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The Mecidiye Pavilion is the first modern style imperial stone structure that was built by the Bosphorus. It is older than the 19th century Ottoman palaces Dolmabahçe and Beylerbeyi. Following a six-year restoration, it was turned into a museum in 2016, after having been in public use,mostly as a hospital, for almost a century.

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