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88: 121:, on the Asian side of Istanbul, was also designed by a German architect in 1908. The German engineers and craftsmen working on Haydarpaşa Station also established a small German colony in nearby Yeldeğirmeni (now a neighbourhood of 237:(1857–1919), the Master of the Sultan's Music, and his immediate family, who were however deported in May 1920 shortly after Lange was buried with great pomp in Istanbul in a state funeral, one of the last major events of the dying 191:, a friend of Naumann and Jäckh, who designed the German Cultural Centre there and later became the first Federal President of Germany (in office from 1949 until 1959). Active Social Democrats in Constantinople included 732: 715: 939: 187:.) Jäckh however did not live in Constantinople for long and so can't be considered a true "Bosporus German". Another visitor to Constantinople during the First World War was 40:, founded by three nurses, started receiving patients in 1852. Today many German expatriates live in the city although they would not call themselves true Bosporus Germans. 1477: 1431: 991: 432: 412: 392: 1472: 355: 377: 118: 1467: 1109: 1452: 1347: 903: 325: 1352: 953: 912: 1462: 172: 1074: 622: 480: 1482: 102: 339:
However, the current generation of German residents of Istanbul are not 'Bosporus Germans' in the original sense of the world.
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decreed that Germans and Austrians were to be expelled within one month. In December 1918 Germans were detained on the
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arrived in Istanbul in 1936, settled in the city and built a pagoda-like house for himself in the hills above
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Currently Istanbul is home to a "third generation" of German expatriates, including the football trainer
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was built in 1900 to commemorate the visit of the Kaiser to Constantinople. Some of the most beautiful
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The first generation came a few decades before and (especially) during the three political visits of
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on the European side of Istanbul and the nearby Deutsche Orient Bank Headquarters, also in the
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Even before then there was evidence of a strong German presence in the city. For example, the
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for homelandless) because of a stamp printed in their passports by the Turkish authorities.
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movement of the early-20th century and nurtured the Young Turks' relationship with the
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Schlegel, Dietrich: Paul Lange Bey – Ein deutscher Musiker im Osmanischen Reich,
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A second generation of Germans arrived in İstanbul as refugees fleeing the
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1918 ceasefire agreement between the Ottoman Empire and the Entente powers
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project, which would enhance economic and political ties between the
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and war-torn Ukraine. A few Germans were allowed to stay, including
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to reach the lucrative markets and resources of the Orient.
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Ischtiraki: November 1918: The British enter Istanbul,
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Ischtiraki: November 1918: The British enter Istanbul,
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Ischtiraki: November 1918: The British enter Istanbul,
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to Constantinople (Istanbul), the capital city of the
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Ethnic Germans living and settled in Istanbul, Turkey
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Index

Bosporus
ethnic Germans
Istanbul
Taksim German Hospital
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ottoman Empire
Abdülhamid II
Mehmed V
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
Ottoman Army
Otto Liman von Sanders
World War I

Haydarpaşa Terminal
August Jachmund
Sirkeci Railway Station
Sirkeci
Otto von Bismarck
chancellorship
Haydarpaşa Railway Station
Kadıköy
Berlin-Istanbul-Baghdad Railway
German
Ottoman
British
Suez Canal
German Fountain
Hippodrome
Bosporus villas
Krupp

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