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//In the past Cicek Arcade and the

Avrupa Arcade was united until

the Pera fire.

//In 1874 Ohing family rebuild the

arcade seperatly.

//There is two gates of Avrupa

AArcade, one leads to Fish Market

the other leads to Mesrutiyet Street.

//There was mostly button makers

and hatters in the Arcade before,

now there is silver, souvenier, jewelery

stores.

//People who visit the arcade are

mostly tourists.mostly tourists.

//Touristic guides make tours to this

arcade.

//The mirror on the bridge that

connects two sides is giving the

name to the arcade.

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(mirrored)

arcade

//The first name of the arcade wasKrepan.

//There was restaurants and ginmillswhen the arcade first established. They were not for every customer but regulars.

////In 1987 the arcade restored than the restaurants and ginmills replaced withmostly book stores and other shops.

//There was parfume, flower and watchstores after shopping centers becomepopular the stores replaced with bibliopoles.

////Even a lot of shops replaced withbibliopoles there is still a barber,electrician, tailor and a thread shop.

//Even after all these change there iscommunity have been working there for a long time.

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//The arcades building process started

at 1850s and end in 1971.

//The arcade has three entrances.

One on Istiklal Street, one on

Meşrutiyet and the last one to Panagia

Isodion Church.

////Once the arcade was the meeting

point Jön Türkler and the arcade

was considered as the center of the

fashion.

//Once Namik Kemal lived on the arcade

and he did printings there.

//The arcade restored on 2002 and

thethere is cafes and few jewelery shops

in the arcade.

//Madam Katia is the oldest shop in

the arcade her mother opened the

shop and it’s been open for 87 years

now.

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//The arcade build in 1883 and it hasfluence of the italian architecture.

//The arcade restored two times beforetaking the current face.

//The general design of the arcade made by Cemil Ipekci.

////Nowadays there is jewelery, silver,bag and suveniar shops in the arcade.

//It’s masonry building with six floors and art nouveau style entrance decorations.

//Enterance hall of the arcade ismore touristic, suveniar shops. Butthe upper levels athe upper levels are cafes, comic bookstores, pool cafes and a bar.

aznavurarcade

//The Arcade now was a mansion build

by Hagop Köçeyan a close friend of

Sultan Abdulaziz.

//The bottom flor was a stable back

than.

//The ceiling in the second floor is

decorated by the Fdecorated by the French painter

Hippolyte Dominique Berteaux.

//During the british ocupation building

used as a post office.

//In 1932 building restored as a

entertaiment center. Enterance was

cinema sallon until it seperated as

and shoping centeand shoping center.

//The general customers are local

but there is a lot of eastern customers

nowadays.

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