Taksim Military Barracks
The Topçu barracks or full name Halil Pasha Topçu Barracks ( Turkish Halil Paşa Topçu Kışlası or by location on Taksim Square Taksim Kışlası ) was a barracks Topçu, the artillery troops of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul's Beyoğlu Taksim Place.
History
The first barracks building on the site was built around 1780. After a big fire Sultan Selim III commissioned. (1789-1809) in 1806, the Armenian architect Krikor Balian with the rebuilding of the barracks, who designed it in the form of historicizing the Ottoman style and with Russian and Indian styles.
The building had two large two-story wing and formed in the shape of a U a parade ground. Furthermore, had it. Taksim on the road a sumptuously designed, three-storey entrance porch with two towers
In the "Event March 31, " the building was damaged. After the failed coup of 13 April 1909greg. / March 31 1325rūmī the barracks lost in the following years further in importance and was finally sold by the Turkish state in 1913 to the Turkish industrial and commercial enterprises Sanayi ve Ticaret Şirket -i Milliye -i Osmaniye.
The courtyard of the barracks was then converted into a soccer field and of Turkish football clubs, as Beşiktaş Istanbul, Galatasaray SK and Fenerbahçe SK used as a playing field. Furthermore, it was also used for the redesigned courtyard theater performances. After World War II, stationed in Istanbul French troops and Senegalese soldiers billeted in the French colonial territories in the Topçu barracks. After their departure the barracks remained unused; the courtyard was further expanded as a football stadium.
In 1921, the playing surface on the former courtyard was renamed in Taksim Stadium. The first official game of the Turkish national football team was played there on October 26, 1923 against Romania and ended with a 2-2 draw.
End of the 1930s was the former barracks due to the damage in the wake of the coup of 1903 and the longer vacancy in poor structural condition. As part of an urban remodeling the city of Istanbul decided on its surface to create a park. With the plans of the French architect Henri Prost (1874-1959) was commissioned to. 1939 ordered the Governor and Mayor Lutfi Kirdar to the demolition of the barracks building until 1940, the complex was completely demolished. 1951 created on the site Gezi Park was completed and opened to the public.
Reconstruction plans
On 16 September 2011, the Beyoğlu municipality decided to eliminate the located at the point Gezi Park and in May 2013 was organized by the Turkish government decided to barracks authentic re- build and partially to make as shopping center. End of May 2013, there were sporadic protests in the parking lot towards the reconstruction, which were violently suppressed by the police. The developing from protests have nationwide repercussions.