Büyükdere Avenue

Büyükdere Avenue at Levent Junction with feeder to the motorway O-2 (left).
Büyükdere Avenue at Maslak seen in south direction.

The Büyükdere Avenue (Turkish: Büyükdere Caddesi) is a major street in the Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey.

It begins at Şişli Mosque and runs in east direction partly under the viaduct of the inner-city motorway O-1 through Mecidiyeköy, Esentepe until Zincirlikuyu, where it joins with Barbaros Boulevard and turns northward passing through Levent, Sanayi Mahallesi, Maslak and by Fatih Forest ending at Hacıosman Slope on the Sarıyer district border. Its total length is 14 km (8.7 mi). From Zincirlikuyu to Maslak, it forms a border line between the districts Kağıthane in the east and Beşiktaş in the west. It is named after the Büyükdere neighborhood of Sarıyer district, where it connects to.

The metro line M2 (Yenikapı–Hacıosman) follows the avenue between Şişli and Hacıosman featuring nine metro stations. Headquarters of many banks, business centers, shopping centers, luxury hotels and numerous skyscrapers built in recent years are located around Büyükdere Avenue making it an important route of financial, business and social life.

Residential or office skyscrapers found on the Büyükdere Avenue are Diamond of Istanbul, Isbank Tower 1 and Sabancı Center. Notable shopping malls around the avenue are Istanbul Cevahir, Kanyon Shopping Mall and MetroCity AVM. Educational institutions on the avenue include Haliç University, ISOV Vocational High School for Construction, Istanbul Technical University's Maslak Campus, Işık University, Yıldız Technical University Vocational College.

Two major cemeteries are situated at the avenue, the Mecidiyeköy Italo-Jewish Cemetery and Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.[1]

2003 bombing

On November 20, 2003, the headquarters of the HSBC Bank Turkey on the Büyükdere Avenue in Levent was car bombed killing and wounding several people. The street was closed to traffic for ten hours.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Demirbaş, Onur. "Ne kendi tarihimizi, ne de dünya tarihini koruyabiliyoruz". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Büyükdere Caddesi tek yönlü açıldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2003-11-20. Retrieved 2014-08-26.

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