Topçu barracks

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Topçu barracks (1909)
Topçu barracks between 1880 and 1893, photo studio Abdullah Frères .
The Taksim area on a city map from 1922. In the middle the Topçu barracks (“Taxim Kichlassi”); the undeveloped triangular area northwest of it is the former parade ground. On the western edge of the site is an elongated structure known as the "Talimhane" (teaching building).

The Topçu barracks or, with its full name, Halil Pascha Topçu barracks ( Turkish: Halil Paşa Topçu Kışlası or Taksim Kışlası after its location on Taksim Square ) was a barracks of the Topçu , the artillery force of the Ottoman Empire in the Istanbul district of Beyoğlu on Taksim Place .

history

The first barracks building on the site was built around 1780. After a great fire, Sultan Selim III commissioned. (1789–1809) the Armenian architect Krikor Balian in 1806 with the reconstruction of the barracks, who constructed it in the historicizing form of the Ottoman style and with Russian and Indian style elements.

The building had two large two-story side wings and formed a barracks courtyard in the shape of a U. Furthermore, on Taksim Street it had a magnificently designed, three-story entrance portal with two towers.

The building was damaged in the “ March 31st ” incident . After the failed coup on April 13, 1909, Greg. / March 31, 1325 rūmī the barracks lost importance in the following years and was finally sold by the Turkish state in 1913 to the Turkish industrial and trading company Sanayi ve Ticaret Şirket-i Milliye-i Osmaniye .

The courtyard of the barracks was then converted into a football field and used as a playing field by Turkish football clubs such as Beşiktaş Istanbul , Galatasaray SK and Fenerbahçe SK . The redesigned inner courtyard was also used for theater performances. After the First World War, the French troops stationed in Istanbul and Senegalese soldiers from the French colonial areas took up residence in the Topçu barracks. After their departure, the barracks remained unused; the inner courtyard was further expanded as a football stadium.

In 1921, the playing area in the former courtyard was renamed Taksim Stadium . The first official game of the Turkish national soccer team was played there on October 26, 1923 against Romania and ended in a 2-2 draw.

At the end of the 1930s, the former barracks were in a poor state of construction due to damage in the course of the coup in 1903 and the prolonged vacancy. As part of an urban redevelopment, the city of Istanbul decided to create a park on the area. The French architect Henri Prost (1874–1959) was commissioned with the planning . In 1939 the governor and mayor Lütfi Kırdar ordered the demolition of the barracks building, until 1940 the complex was completely demolished. In 1951, the Gezi Park created on the site was completed and opened to the public.

Reconstruction plans

On September 16, 2011, the Beyoğlu commune decided to remove the Gezi Park located on the site and in May 2013 the Turkish government decided to rebuild the barracks true to the original and partially redesign it as a shopping center. At the end of May 2013, there were isolated protests against the reconstruction on the park grounds, which were violently suppressed by the police. The protests that followed met with a nationwide response.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parade ground: According to information on the city map in front of p. 121 in Constantinople, Balkans, Asia Minor, Archipelago, Cyprus. Handbook for travelers by Karl Baedeker , 2nd edition, published by Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1914.
  2. ↑ Yok olan Taksim Meydanı - Topçu Kışlası yeniden inşa ediliyor! ( Turkish ) wow Turkey. January 23, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  3. ^ Gezi Park: A Big History For a Small Space . The Guide Istanbul. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  4. ^ The Mixed-Up Files of Taksim Square Architecture . The New Republic . June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b c Taksim Gezi Parkı'nın Tarihçesi (Turkish) . In: Aktif Haber , June 1, 2013. Archived from the original on July 11, 2013 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 4, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aktifhaber.com 
  6. ↑ a b 2010 Avrupa Kültür Başkenti ( Turkish ) hayal-et sergisi'nde Kışla. February 1, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  7. ↑ Erdoğan'ın projesine onay çıkmadı ( Turkish ) gazetevatan.com. October 17, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  8. ↑ Kırca, Ali: Bu bina nerede? ( Turkish ) Arkitera.com. July 15, 2009. Retrieved on June 4, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.arkitera.com.tr  
  9. ↑ Murat Bardakci: Askerin siyasete yerleşmesi, March 31, 1908 isyanıyla başladı (Turkish) . In: Sabah , April 16, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2008. 
  10. ↑ Belediye Taksim Meydanı için kararını verdi (Turkish) . In: Radikal , September 16, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2013. 

Coordinates: 41 ° 2 ′ 18 ″  N , 28 ° 58 ′ 13 ″  E