Büyükdere Avenue Büyükdere Avenue Büyükdere Avenue () is a major avenue which runs through the districts of Şişli (Esentepe quarter), Beşiktaş (Levent quarter) and Sarıyer (Maslak quarter) on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It begins at Şişli Mosque and runs in an eastward direction partly under the viaduct of the inner-city motorway O-1 through Mecidiyeköy, Esentepe, until reaching Zincirlikuyu; where it joins with Barbaros Boulevard and turns northward passing through Levent, Sanayi Mahallesi, Maslak and by the Fatih Forest, ending at the Hacıosman Slope on the Sarıyer district border. Its total length is . From Zincirlikuyu to Maslak, it forms a
Paul Maslak "Inside Kung Fu" magazine. In this latter capacity, he was invited by Jackie Chan producer Ng See-yuen to work as casting director on the martial arts film, "No Retreat, No Surrender", for which he helped "discover" Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kurt McKinney, Ernie Reyes, Jr. and Cynthia Rothrock. Afterwards, Maslak pursued a two-track career for several years, working as a manufacturing production control executive in corporate America by day, and free-lancing as a story analyst for HBO and TriStar Pictures by night. He left his corporate job to manage martial arts actors, occasionally taking jobs in hands-on film production with several