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2003 British consulate and bank bombed in Istanbul murdering 27
1995 Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators 1986 Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed 1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest 1952 Orhan Pamuk, born in Istanbul, Turkey, novelist, professor in the Humanities, teaching comparative literature, writing, at Columbia University, received 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature 1935 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul 1930 Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara 1925 Cornell Borchers, born in Germany, actress, Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul 1919 Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1915 Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey 1902 Seton I Miller, Chehalis, Washington, writer, Pete's Dragon, Istanbul 1881 Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician 1852 Hamid Abdulhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright 1850 Mary Mills Patrick, U.S., 1st President of Istanbul Woman's College 1830 Abdul Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey, 1861-76 1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire |
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