{"id":4445,"date":"2012-02-16T17:18:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2024-03-07T15:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:09:23","slug":"ataturk-cultural-center-sabanci-holding-5826","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/ataturk-cultural-center-sabanci-holding-5826\/","title":{"rendered":"Atat\u00fcrk Cultural Center to be renovated by Sabanc\u0131 Holding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ataturk-cultural-center.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4446\" title=\"Atat\u00fcrk Cultural Center to be renovated by Sabanc\u0131 Holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ataturk-cultural-center-340x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ataturk-cultural-center-340x228.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ataturk-cultural-center.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>The Atat\u00fcrk Cultural Center in \u0130stanbul&#8217;s Taksim Square will undergo restoration as part of a TL 30 million project sponsored by the Turkish business conglomerate Sabanc\u0131 Holding.<\/h2>\n<p>The austere, modernist structure, which houses a 1,000 plus capacity theater and has been the home of \u0130stanbul&#8217;s state orchestra, opera and ballet ever since its opening in 1969, will see a total interior restoration in the project, the managers of which promise will be completed before the celebration of Republic Day in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The project was finalized after talks between Culture and Tourism Minister Ertu\u011frul G\u00fcnay and Sabanc\u0131 Holding chief G\u00fcler Sabanc\u0131 earlier this year. On Wednesday, G\u00fcnay announced the agreement at a ceremony in \u0130stanbul, telling the press, \u201cThis renovation is much more important than a simple restoration, especially given [the plans for] bringing the building in line with fire and earthquake codes, reengineering the acoustics and the broader plan to pedestrianize Taksim Square.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sabanc\u0131 meanwhile stated that Sabanc\u0131 Holding \u201ccould not help but be interested\u201d at the government proposal to renovate the building, which she praised as an integral part of \u0130stanbul. \u201cWe are pleased to make a contribution towards facilitating Turkey&#8217;s arts community while remaining faithful to the original structure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Countering rumors that the costly restoration would see the cultural center renamed after the Sabanc\u0131 group, Sabanc\u0131 told the press on Wednesday that the concert hall would carry the Sabanc\u0131 name but the building itself would not.<\/p>\n<p>The plans for the restoration come as a wider project begins this year to pedestrianize Taksim Square, a project that will necessitate the closing of the square to traffic and the construction of underground roads for traffic and a series of bus stops.<\/p>\n<!-- Either there are no banners, they are disabled or none qualified for this location! -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atat\u00fcrk Cultural Center to be renovated by Sabanc\u0131 Holding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7867,118,137,7],"tags":[7875,7883],"class_list":["post-4445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turkey","category-culture-art","category-sectoral","category-tourism","tag-istanbul","tag-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9599,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions\/9599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}