With the new Direklerarası Theater tour, KarDes takes its users to a journey to the art and cultural history of Şehzadebaşı and provides an opportunity to discover the notable theaters of the time. In this tour, you can witness the stories of old theater buildings at Direklerarası  and well-known theater players of the time. Direklerarası which was one of the most important centers of Ramadan festivities and tuluat (late Ottoman popular improvisational theater). Direklerarası theatre tour sheds light to the first theater building of Istanbul’s Suriçi district ‘Gedikpaşa Theater’ and Turkey’s first operetta composer Dikran Çuhacıyan as well as the entertainment and cultural life of the district. While KarDes enriches its scope of thematic tours, it also presents the story of the change and transformation of the cultural structure of Direklerarası to its users. You can discover the past of the theaters of Direklerarası either by walking on Şehzadebaşı Street or without leaving your home from the voice of Kev Orkian.

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