An iconic cultural center in Istanbul's teeming Taksim Square will be rebuilt anew as an opera house, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday.
Speaking at Halic Congress Center to introduce the project, Erdogan said the new Ataturk Cultural Center, known by its Turkish initials AKM, would be a “symbolic” site of Istanbul.
Expressing regret over delays in beginning construction of the new AKM building, he said: “Turkey is able today to get to business that needed to be done 10 years ago.”
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Speaking at Halic Congress Center to introduce the project, Erdogan said the new Ataturk Cultural Center, known by its Turkish initials AKM, would be a “symbolic” site of Istanbul.
Expressing regret over delays in beginning construction of the new AKM building, he said: “Turkey is able today to get to business that needed to be done 10 years ago.”
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