Halep Passage
Halep Passage was built by a businessman named Haciyar Hacar in 1884. The building is in “Eclectic” style that brings a bunch of different architectural elements together and it boasts majestic reliefs at the same time.
If you look carefully enough, you will see a medal on the front side of the building. The walls of a fortress in the middle of this medal represents Halep (Aleppo) Fortress. As you can imagine, Mr. Hacar was from Aleppo and he included a symbol from his country on this building.
The base floor of the passage houses various shops such as silver, ornament, book, oil painting, frame and poster shops. Moreover, you can take a break and enjoy a nice meal on the same floor at Munhasir Restaurant. Additionally, the lower floor of Halep Passage serves as Beyoglu Movie Theater today.
