Dolapdere

Dolapdere is a quarter of Beyoğlu district in central Istanbul, Turkey. It is surrounded by the quarters of Taksim, Kasımpaşa, Pangaltı and Kurtuluş.

Sites

• There is a museum dedicated to the memory of Adam Mickiewicz, the 19th century Polish poet, located in the center of Dolapdere.^[1] Mickiewicz died in 1855 of cholera while visiting a military camp near Constantinople. He had come to Turkey to raise soldiers for the war against Russia.
• The Dolapdere Campus of Bilgi University is located in this area.

Notes

1. ^ Ersin, Kalkan (03 December 2004). "Adam Mickiewicz'in Evi" (in Turkish). İstanbul'un Arka Sokakları. Hürriyet Newspaper. http://webarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/2004/12/03/563831.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 

References

• (in Turkish) Dünden Bugüne İstanbul Ansiklopedisi. Kültür Bakanlığı, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. 1993. p. 87. http://books.google.com/books?id=hW5pAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 

External links

• Image of an old church in Dolapdere
• Image of old buildings in Dolapdere

Coordinates: 41°02′N 28°59′E / 41.033°N 28.983°E / 41.033; 28.983