Osmanbey

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Osmanbey
Istanbul location Sisli.svg
Location of Şişli in Istanbul
Coordinates: 41°03′5.94″N28°59′15.24″E / 41.0516500°N 28.9875667°E / 41.0516500; 28.9875667 Coordinates: 41°03′5.94″N28°59′15.24″E / 41.0516500°N 28.9875667°E / 41.0516500; 28.9875667
Country Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Province Istanbul
District Şişli
Time zone GMT +2
Area code(s) (+90) 212
Inside of Osmanbey station of the Istanbul Metro. OsmanbeyMetroKoridor.JPG
Inside of Osmanbey station of the Istanbul Metro.

Osmanbey is one of the four neighbourhoods (together with Teşvikiye, Maçka and Pangaltı) within the Nişantaşı quarter of the Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey.

Teşvikiye is one of the four neighbourhoods within the Nişantaşı quarter of the Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey.

Pangaltı Place in Istanbul, Turkey

Pangaltı is one of the four neighbourhoods within the Nişantaşı quarter of the Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey.

Nişantaşı Quarter in Istanbul, Turkey

Nişantaşı is a quarter of the Şişli district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It comprises neighbourhoods like Teşvikiye, Maçka, Osmanbey and Pangaltı. A popular shopping and residential district, it is one of Istanbul's most exclusive neighbourhoods. The area includes fashion shops, department stores, cafés, pubs, restaurants and night clubs. Abdi İpekçi Street, Turkey's most expensive shopping street in terms of lease prices, stretches from the neighbourhoods of Maçka and Teşvikiye to the center of Nişantaşı.

A memorial stone marking where Hrant Dink was killed outside the office of Agos. Hrant Dink memorial stone, Osmanbey, Istanbul 4.jpg
A memorial stone marking where Hrant Dink was killed outside the office of Agos.

Osmanbey is also home to the Beth Israel Synagogue built in 1940. [1] The Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered outside the office of Agos Newspaper in Osmanbey in 2007.

Bet Israel Synagogue is located in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey. Like the Neve Shalom Synagogue, Bet Israel is supported and governed by the Neve Shalom Foundation. The synagogue was initially built in the 1920s and enlarged into its present size in the early 1950s due to the majority of the Jewish population moving to that area and the immigration from Nazi occupied territories. It is currently the most populated synagogue in Turkey. After making appointments with Neve Shalom Foundation, Bet Israel Synagogue can be visited. There's also another synagogue in İzmir with the same name.

Hrant Dink Turkish newspaper editor, journalist and columnist

Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian intellectual, editor-in-chief of Agos, journalist and columnist.

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Osmanbey is an underground rapid transit station on the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro. It is located in south-central Şişli under Halaskargazi Avenue. Osmanbey was opened on 16 September 2000 and is one of the six original stations on the M2 line. It has an island platform serviced by two tracks.

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References

  1. The transformation of the Jewish community of Istanbul Volume 1 - Page 52 Ilan Karmi - 1990 "Several synagogues were built in Sisli and the surroundings as well (the last one, "Beth Israel", was built in Osmanbey in 1940) ; presently, a large part of the Istanbul Jewry is residing in this area.