The Taksim Military Barracks or Halil Pasha Artillery Barracks ( tr, Taksim Kışlası or ''Halil Paşa Topçu Kışlası'') were located at the site of the present-day

Taksim Gezi Park Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district (historically known as Pera.) It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. In May 2013, plans to replace the ...

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Taksim Square Taksim Square ( tr, Taksim Meydanı, ), situated in Beyoğlu in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey, is a major tourist and leisure district famed for its restaurants, shops, and hotels. It is considered the heart of modern Istanbul, with the c ...

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. It was built in 1806. During the

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in 1909, the Barracks building suffered considerable damage, and waited to be repaired. Its internal courtyard was later transformed into the

Taksim Stadium Taksim Stadium ( tr, Taksim Stadı) was the first football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. Originally the 19th century Taksim Artillery Barracks ('' Taksim Topçu Kışlası'') it was transformed into a stadium in 1921 and was located next to today ...

in 1921, and became the first

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in Turkey, used by all major football clubs in the city, including Beşiktaş J.K.,

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and Fenerbahçe S.K. The stadium was closed in 1939, and demolished in 1940, during the construction and renovation works of Taksim Square and Taksim Gezi Park in accordance with the plans of French architect and

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Reconstruction

On 16 September 2011, the assembly of the

Metropolitan Municipality decided to rebuild the structure; despite the area falling within the purview of green space protection ordinances. Development interests were regarded by many of exploiting statutes protecting historic structures in order to trump green space protection. The proposed rebuilt barracks were intended to be a shopping center incorporating cultural centres, an opera house and a mosque and containing no surviving portion of the barracks that existed on the site. The reconstruction of the barracks was met by protests in Istanbul; after police brutality against initial protestors, this evolved into the nationwide

2013–14 protests in Turkey A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the Urban Development, urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-i ...

, also known as the Gezi Park protests.

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Hayal-et Project represents Taksim Military Barracks
{{Gezi Park protests Beyoğlu Bosphorus Government buildings completed in 1806 Ottoman architecture in Istanbul Barracks in Turkey Buildings and structures of the Ottoman Empire Buildings and structures demolished in 1940 1940 disestablishments in Turkey Demolished buildings and structures in Istanbul