List of German locations named after people and places of Turkish origin
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This list includes streets and places in Germany named after people and places of Turkish origin, including Turkish Germans (especially in memory of victims of neo-Nazi murders), Turkish sister cities, and leading figures.
Officially named locations[]
Berlin[]
- Bosporusstraße ("Bosporus Street"): named after the Bosporus in 1931. The street is located in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district.
- Dardanellenweg ("Dardanelles Path"): named after the strait of the Dardanelles, it is located in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district in Mariendorf.
- Gallipoliweg ("Gallipoli Path"): named after Gallipoli, the street is in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district in the Mariendorf.
- Goldenes Horn ("Golden Horn"): named after the Golden Horn, the street is located in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district in Mariendorf.
- Marmarasweg ("Marmara Path"): named after the Marmara sea, the street is in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district in Mariendorf.
- Türkenpfuhl ("Turks Lake"): is a small body of water in Berlin. It is located in the Neuköln district. The allotment gardening association "Am Türkenpfuhl" is located directly on the lake and a settlement also has the same name.
- Türkenstraße ("Turks Street"): located in the Wedding district and leads from Müllerstraße to Edinburger Straße. It was named on April 13, 1904, in memory of the so-called Turkish wars.
Cologne[]
- Bahide-Arslan-Straße ("Bahide Arslan Street"): named after who was a victim of the neo-Nazi Mölln arson attack in 1992. The street is located in the west of Cologne in the Ossendorf district and flows into Ossendorfer Weg. Location: 50°58′08″N 6°53′12″E / 50.968755°N 6.886763°E.
Dortmund[]
- Platz von Trabzon ("Trabzon Square"): named after the Turkish city of Trabzon. Dortmund and Trabzon have been twin towns/sister cities since 2013. Location: 51°30′50″N 7°27′18″E / 51.51402°N 7.45494°E.
Duisburg[]
- Fakir-Baykurt-Platz ("Fakir Baykurt Square"): named after the Turkish German writer Fakir Baykurt. The square is located in the Homberg district at the southern end of Schillerstrasse. Location: 51°27′02″N 6°42′21″E / 51.450451°N 6.705781°E.
Frankfurt[]
- Hülya-Platz ("Hülya Square"): named after Hülya Genç, a 9-year-old girl, who was a victim of the 1993 Solingen arson attack. The small square is located in the Bockenheim district between Friesengasse and Kleiner Seestrasse. It is the first place that commemorates a victim of neo-Nazis. Location: 50°07′25″N 8°38′23″E / 50.123733°N 8.639647°E.
Fürstenfeldbruck[]
- Türkenfeld ("Turks Field"): is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria.
- Türkenfeld station: is a railway station in Türkenfeld.
Hamburg[]
- Dursun-Akçam-Ufer ("Dursun Akçam Bank"): named after Wilhelmsburg. Location: 53°30′46″N 9°59′02″E / 53.51284°N 9.98399°E. , a Turkish teacher. The footpath leads along the Vering Canal in
- Kemal-Altun-Platz ("Keman Altun Square"): named after the political refugee Ottensen, it had long been named after Altun, including by the Hamburg Parliament, prior to its official naming. Location: 53°33′09″N 9°55′34″E / 53.552490°N 9.926024°E. . Located in the middle of
- Muharrem-Acar-Brücke ("Muharrem Acar Bridge"): named after the immigrant Muharrem Acar. The bridge crosses the railroad tracks at Wilhelmsburg station. Location: 53°29′52″N 10°00′23″E / 53.49771°N 10.00636°E.
- Ramazan-Avci-Platz ("Ramazan Avci Square"): named after Landwehr station in the Hohenfelde district. Location: 53°33′41″N 10°02′13″E / 53.561260°N 10.036921°E. , who was killed by members of the right-wing extremist skinhead scene. The square is located at the
- Tasköprüstraße ("Tasköprü Street"): named after National Socialist Underground. The street in Bahrenfeld runs parallel to the street where Taşköprü was shot in his father's shop. Location: 53°33′42″N 9°55′51″E / 53.561597°N 9.930748°E. , a victim of the right-wing neo-Nazi extremist terror group
Hamm[]
- Afyonring: named after the Turkish city of Afyonkarahisar which has been one of Hamm's partner cities since 2007. The Afyonring connects Heessener Straße with the Sachsenweg/Sachsenring roundabout. Location: 51°41′48″N 7°49′15″E / 51.69677°N 7.82082°E.
Helmstedt[]
- Türkentor ("Turks' Gate"): is a triumphal arch and gateway in Helmstedt in Lower Saxony. The arch was built in 1716 to celebrate the victory over the Ottomans by Prince Eugene of Savoy at the Battle of Petrovaradin.
Kassel[]
- Halitplatz ("Halit Square"): is named after 51°19′36″N 9°29′58″E / 51.326741°N 9.499583°E. who was murdered by neo-Nazis on 6 April 2006. It is located near the crime scene on Holländische Straße 81 and was inaugurated on October 1, 2012. Location:
- Kemal-Altun-Platz ("Kemal Altun Square"): named after the political refugee 51°19′36″N 9°30′13″E / 51.326633°N 9.503701°E. . The square is located in the north of Kassel at the confluence of Gottschalkstrasse and Mombachstrasse and was named in 1988. Location:
Kiel[]
- Bahide-Arslan-Platz ("Bahide Arslan Square"): named after who was a victim of the neo-Nazi Mölln arson attack in 1992. The square is located in the Gaarden-Ost district, roughly where Wikingerstraße joins Kaiserstraße, about 250 m southwest of the Volkspark. Location: 54°18′44″N 10°08′57″E / 54.312360°N 10.149243°E.
Mölln[]
- Bahide-Arslan-Gang ("Bahide Arslan Path"): named after Bahide Arslan who was a victim of the neo-Nazi Mölln arson attack in 1992. The footpath connects the city centre with the spa gardens. Location: 53°37′41″N 10°41′29″E / 53.628164°N 10.691522°E.
Munich[]
- Türkengraben ("Turks Trench"): the builder of the trench was Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662–1726). The aim was to connect the Munich residence with the Schleissheim Palace. The electoral geometer Mathias Paur planned the canal in 1701, and construction began in May 1702.
- Türkenstraße ("Turks Street"): the 1.3 km long steet runs from the Brienner Straße in a northeasterly direction and ends at the border of the district Schwabing, in the Georgenstraße.
- Türkentor ("Turks' Gate"): is a gatehouse built in 1826 for the Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment.
Planning stage[]
Berlin[]
- Atatürk-Straße ("Atatürk Street"): to be named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, who provided asylum to Ernst Reuter (who later became mayor of West Berlin) during the time of the “Third Reich”.
Munich[]
- Fethi-Savaşçı-Straße ("Fethi Savaşçı Street"): to be named after the Munich writer, , who came to Germany in 1965 as a factory worker.
Activism and unofficially named streets[]
In 2018 left-wing activists renamed over 200 street signs to the names of the victims who were killed during a series of xenophobic murders by the neo-Nazi terrorist group the National Socialist Underground. In a statement, the Interventionistische Linke (IL) said: "We want to make the extent of racist violence visible and show respect for the victims of the NSU and their families."[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Schmidt, Fabian (2018), Jemand hat 200 Straßen in ganz Deutschland nach den Opfern des NSU umbenannt, Spiegel, retrieved 31 May 2021
Categories:
- Turkish diaspora in Germany