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A busy day on İstiklal Avenue
The avenue fell from grace in the 1970s and 1980s as the old Istanbulite inhabitants moving elsewhere, and the side streets (then infamous for bars and night clubs with live music and shows, called pavyon in Turkish) were repopulated by migrants from rural Anatolia.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, a revival took place, spearheaded and executed by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Beyoğlu Municipality. Historic buildings were restored, the street was pedestrianised, and the old historic trams were reinstated, bringing back much of the avenue's old charm and popularity. İstiklal Avenue became the center for fine arts and leisure in Istanbul one again and real estate prices skyrocketed. Numerous new art galleries, bookstores, cafés, pubs, restaurants, shops and hotels were opened in and around the street, and venues around it became the host to many international art festivals, such as the annual Istanbul Film Festival.
Until the mid-2010s, İstiklal Avenue was also a popular venue for all sorts of events such as the Istanbul Pride and International Women's Day parades).[citation needed] Marches, gatherings and protests took place there virtually every day.[citation needed] However, after the Gezi Park protests of 2013 all such gatherings were effectively banned.[citation needed]
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