Istiklal Street

Title	Istiklal Street
Publication Date:	1933
Type	Book
Language	Turkish
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of Delaware
Record ID	cdi_europeana_collections_2058607_cdm_ref_collection_AEFA_id_444
Date	1933
Notes	In the photo, the Evkaf houses, Evkaf Apartment building on (Baruthane) Istiklal Street and the now demolished Belvü Palas in the back can be seen from Istasyon Street. EVKAF (II.VAKIF) APARTMENT The apartment building was built by Architect A. Kemalettin Bey between 1928 and 1930 by the General Directorate of Foundations in order to generate income through rent. It has six floors on the ground where the shops are located. Its most important feature is that there is a theater and shops on the first floor. The hall was put into service as a Small Theater in 1947. Today, the building serves as the General Directorate of State Theatres, Small Theater and Chamber Theatre. BARUTHANE (İSTİKLAL) STREET Baruthane Street, which forms a triangle with İstasyon and Bankalar Street, is a street formed in the first years of the Republic. II. Evkaf Apartment (1929), Belle Vue (Belvü) Palas, one of Ankara's first large hotels, and Foundation Officer's Houses form one side of the street, while on the other side of the street is the Youth Park, the construction of which started in the 1940s. The street ends with the Ottoman Bank.

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Istiklal Street

Publication Date 1933

Type Book

Language Turkish

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of Delaware

Record ID cdi_europeana_collections_2058607_cdm_ref_collection_AEFA_id_444

Date 1933

Notes In the photo, the Evkaf houses, Evkaf Apartment building on (Baruthane) Istiklal Street and the now demolished Belvü Palas in the back can be seen from Istasyon Street. EVKAF (II.VAKIF) APARTMENT The apartment building was built by Architect A. Kemalettin Bey between 1928 and 1930 by the General Directorate of Foundations in order to generate income through rent. It has six floors on the ground where the shops are located. Its most important feature is that there is a theater and shops on the first floor. The hall was put into service as a Small Theater in 1947. Today, the building serves as the General Directorate of State Theatres, Small Theater and Chamber Theatre. BARUTHANE (İSTİKLAL) STREET Baruthane Street, which forms a triangle with İstasyon and Bankalar Street, is a street formed in the first years of the Republic. II. Evkaf Apartment (1929), Belle Vue (Belvü) Palas, one of Ankara's first large hotels, and Foundation Officer's Houses form one side of the street, while on the other side of the street is the Youth Park, the construction of which started in the 1940s. The street ends with the Ottoman Bank.