Ali Suavi Sokak

If you walk from Altıyol Meydanı along Baharie Street (there are tram tracks), a block to the left you will see a narrow pedestrian alley. Some sources say that painters, calligraphers, wood carvers, sculptors work and sell their creations here, but I did not find anything like this. The street is named after Ali Suavi, a famous educator, theologian and journalist of the mid-19th century. Suavi, a famous educator, theologian and journalist of the mid-19th century. Suavi was a very controversial figure. Being an Islamic radical, at the same time he opposed the absolute power of the Sultan, for which he was criticized and persecuted. In 1878, he was assassinated in an attempt to overthrow the conservative Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Not everyone likes the monument to Suvavi, from time to time there are demands to remove the monument to a radical and a rebel. There is also an Armenian Orthodox Church (Surp Levon Kilisesi) on the street, several colorful wooden houses of Ottoman architecture, a cast-iron water source and many shops and cafes. The pavement is lined with colored tiles in the form of an antique geometric pattern.

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