Taşkışla () is neighborhood and building complex in

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. It takes its name ''Stone Barracks'' from its use as a military establishment in the Ottoman period also known as Mecidiye Kışlası. It is located in close proximity to

Beyoğlu Beyoğlu (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 9 km2, and its population is 225,920 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the o ...

and home to the Architecture faculty of the

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

and today serves as a terminus for the Maçka Gondola cable car line.

History

English architect Williams James Smith built the houses of the Taşkışla in neo-Renaissance style over the years 1846 to 1852. The site was converted to military barracks in 1860, tasked with the protection of

Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace ( ) is a 19th-century imperial palace located in Istanbul, Turkey, along the European shore of the Bosporus, which served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922. Histor ...

The buildings were assigned to the

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after the formation of the

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and were renovated by German architect

Paul Bonatz Paul Bonatz (6 December 1877 – 20 December 1956) was a German architect, member of the Stuttgart School and professor at the technical university in that city during part of World War II, and from 1954 until his death. He worked in many styl ...

and Emin Onat between 1943 and 1950. After a period of controversial use as a hotel the site was returned to the Istanbul Technical University in 1989.

References

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Taşkışla yerleşkesi

Taşkışla Eğitim ve Kültür Derneği

William James Smith: British architect at a 19th-century Ottoman court
Ottoman architecture in Istanbul Beyoğlu Barracks in Turkey Buildings and structures completed in 1852 Istanbul Technical University 19th-century architecture in Turkey {{Turkey-geo-stub