Turkey: Renewal project of Istanbul's Taksim Square starts
Hurriyet Daily News - 06.11.2012
The controversial renewal project of Istanbul's Taksim Square started yesterday under the shadow of major traffic congestion and the outcry of residents.
Traffic was halted in Istanbul's busiest transit point Taksim as of yesterday, in order to pedestrianize the area by building five tunnels on each side. In the first step of the project, the Harbiye approach of Cumhuriyet Street up to the start of Tarlaba_ Boulevard has been closed to traffic.
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