Dolapdere is a quarter of
Beyoğlu district in central
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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. It is surrounded by the quarters of
Taksim,
Kasımpaşa,
Pangaltı
Pangaltı (spelled Pangaaltı or Pancaldi in some older sources) is one of the four neighborhoods (together with Teşvikiye, Maçka and Osmanbey) within the Nişantaşı quarter of the Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey.
It is home to the C ...
and
Kurtuluş
Kurtuluş is a neighbourhood of the Şişli district of Istanbul that was originally called ''Tatavla,'' meaning 'stables' in Greek ( el, Ταταύλα). The modern Turkish name means "liberation", "salvation", "independence" or "deliverance". On ...
.
Sites
* There is a
museum
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dedicated to the memory of
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...
, the 19th century Polish poet, located in the center of Dolapdere.
Mickiewicz died in 1855 of
cholera
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while visiting a
military camp
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near Constantinople. He had come to Turkey to raise soldiers for the war against Russia by the help of Ottoman Empire as the Ottomans were known as true, brave and strong warriors. The Ottomans even helped Adam out more by giving him 50,000 of the Ottoman troops to face Russia in the battle as the Poles were not strong enough.
* The
Dolapdere Campus of
Istanbul Bilgi University is located in this area.
References
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External links
Image of an old church in DolapdereImage of old buildings in Dolapdere
Beyoğlu
Quarters in Istanbul
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