İstiklal Avenue Art Nouveau and styles; as well as a few Art Deco style buildings from the early years of the Turkish Republic, and a number of more recent examples of modern architecture; starts from the medieval Genoese neighbourhood around Galata Tower and ultimately leads up to Taksim Square. Galatasaray Square is located at approximately the center of the avenue and is home to the oldest secondary school in Turkey: the Galatasaray High School (Galatasaray Lisesi), originally known as the "Galata Sarayı Enderun-u Hümayunu" ("Galata Palace Imperial School"). In the historic Karaköy (Galata) district towards the southern end of the avenue, it
Galata gas field majority of the development project work was undertaken in 2003 and 2004. This included: Production from the Galata gas field commenced in June 2004 once all the infrastructure was in place and fully commissioned. The total proven reserves of the Galata gas field prior to production was around 75 billion cubic feet (Bcf). At peak production the field provided more than 16% of Bulgaria's domestic gas needs. Three additional satellite fields located to the East of the Galata gas field were discovered by Melrose. These were the Kaliakra gas field discovered in 2007, the Kavarna gas field discovered in 2008