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Halfway between Taksim
Square and
Tünel
Square along Istiklal
Caddesi in
Istanbul's Beyoglu district is Galatasaray
Square, named for Galatasaray ("Galata Palace"), the first
official European-influenced high school
in
the Ottoman
Empire.
Of course, today Galatasaray is
more famous as the name of Galatasaray
Sports Club, one of Istanbul's foremost
football (soccer)
professional
teams, in their yellow-and-red uniforms.
You can easily recognize the square
by the huge wrought-iron-and-gilt
gates to
the Galatasaray Lisesi on the
SE side of Istiklal
Caddesi.
Galatasaray Square is where the nostalgic
Istiklal Caddesi tram cars pass one
another on the ride between Taksim and Tünel.
It's also the mid-point stop on the
route, so you can get out here.
The entrances to the storied Çiçek
Pasaji (Flower Passage)
filled with restaurant-tavernas, and
the and
Beyoglu Balik Pazari (Fish Market)
packed with gourmet shops and delis,
is just north of the square.
From Galatasaray Square,
Mesrutiyet Caddesi runs
northwest, then southwest and parallel
to Istiklal
through the district called Tepebasi,
passing the grand British
Consulate-General,
the Pera
Museum, the Pera
Palas Oteli and
the Palazzo
Corpi (former US Consulate-General)
on its way to Sishane Square.
You can pick up a copy of my humorous
travel memoir, Turkey:
Bright Sun, Strong Tea,
at Homer Kitabevi (bookshop) just down
the hill from Galatasaray Square on
Yeniçarsi Caddesi. More...
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