Taksim Military Barracks

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| name = Taksim Military Barracks
Halil Pasha Artillery Barracks

| native_name = Taksim Kışlası
Halil Paşa Topçu Kışlası

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| location = Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey

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| caption = Taksim Military Barracks

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| built = {{Start date and age|1806}}

| builder = Sultan Selim III

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| used = until 1909

| demolished = {{Start date and age|1940}}

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| events = 31 March Incident

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The Taksim Military Barracks or Halil Pasha Artillery Barracks ({{langx|tr|Taksim Kışlası}} or Halil Paşa Topçu Kışlası) were located at the site of the present-day Taksim Gezi Park next to Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite web |url=http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=668 |publisher=wow Turkey |title=Yok olan Taksim Meydanı - Topçu Kışlası yeniden inşa ediliyor! |date=2003-01-23 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2013-06-01 }} It was built in 1806.[https://newrepublic.com/article/113410/taksim-square-protests-over-new-building# The Mixed-Up Files of Taksim Square Architecture]. The New Republic. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10[http://www.theguideistanbul.com/newss/detail/1266/Gezi-Park-A-Big-History-For-a-Small-Space Gezi Park: A Big History For a Small Space]. The Guide Istanbul. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-06-10

During the 31 March Incident in 1909, the Barracks building suffered considerable damage, and waited to be repaired.{{cite news |url=http://www.aktifhaber.com/taksim-gezi-parkinin-tarihcesi-796996h.htm |newspaper=Aktif Haber |title=Taksim Gezi Parkı'nın Tarihçesi |date=2013-06-01 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2013-06-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711054410/http://www.aktifhaber.com/taksim-gezi-parkinin-tarihcesi-796996h.htm |archivedate=2013-07-11 }} Its internal courtyard was later transformed into the Taksim Stadium in 1921, and became the first football stadium in Turkey, used by all major football clubs in the city, including Beşiktaş J.K., Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe S.K. The stadium was closed in 1939, and demolished in 1940, during the construction and renovation works of Taksim Square and Taksim Gezi Park in accordance with the plans of French architect and city planner Henri Prost.