- Kurtuluş
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İstanbul . For the Turkishfreighter ship of the same name, that sank in 1942 while transportingfood aid to the port ofPiraeus , seeKurtuluş (steamer) "Kurtuluş, formerly known as Tatavla ( _el. Ταταύλα, meaning "horse stable"), is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood of
Şişli whose population consists of Turks,Albanians ,Armenians ,Greeks , Assyrians, Kurds andJews .The quarter was originally built, in the 16th century, as a residential area for Chian Greeks, settled here for the work in the principal dockyards of the
Ottoman Empire which was situated in the neighboringKasımpaşa quarter, also where the Turkish dockers resided. "Tatavla" retained its practically exclusively Greek population and atmosphere well beyond the Ottoman Empire, almost till the 1950s, although its name was changed to Kurtuluş after theYoung Turks took power. It was typically the residential area for Greeks of more modest income, as opposed to, for example,Tarabya on theBosphorus , where richer Greeks lived. But a number of beautiful houses sprang up as of the late-19th century, many still standing today, although in need of constant care.The actual Turkish name means, "independence" or "deliverance" but can also signify, idiomatically, "good riddance".
The following song, bilingual in Greek and Turkish and still very popular in Turkey, carries the former name to our day:
"Karotseri Trava, na pame sta Tatavla"
"Posa Ta lira yirevis, ya na pas ke na mas feris!""Çek arabacı Tatavla'ya gidelim"
"Bizi oraya götürmek için kaç beşlik istersin""Büyükdere ke Therapia; Tatavla ke Nihori"
"Afta ta tessara horia, pu stolizoune tin Poli""Büyükdere ve Tarabya; Tatavla ve Yeniköy"
"İstanbul'u güzelleştiren işte bu dört köy."English Translation:
"Ride coachman, take us to Tatavla"
"How much Liras do you want, to take us there and back?""Büyükdere and Therapia, Tatavla and Nihori"
"These four villages make Constantinople (Istanbul) beautiful"External links
* [http://www.sislibelediyesi.com/ara/sisli/tarihce.htm History of Şişli and its districts (including Kurtuluş) in Turkish]
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