The
Bostancı Show Center
(
Turkish
:
Bostancı Gosteri Merkezi
) is a convention center located on the Mehmet ?evki Pa?a Road in
Bostancı
,
Kadıkoy
, opened in 1991. It hosts many events and concerts.
History
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The first series of events taking place at the Bostancı Show Center following its opening on 23 April 1991 were a number of concerts between 25-28 April 1991 by
Sezen Aksu
, who was accompanied by artists such as
Sertab Erener
,
Levent Yuksel
,
Onno Tunc
,
Garo Mafyan
, Orhan Topcuo?lu, Cengiz Teoman and Aykut Gurel.
[1]
Mirkelam
performed for the first time in a song contest organized by
Show TV
on 25 June 1995 at the Bostancı Show Center.
[2]
Two of
Led Zeppelin
members, vocalist
Robert Plant
and guitarist
Jimmy Page
, gave their first Istanbul concerts on 5-6 March 1998 at the Bostancı Show Center.
[3]
After suffering from brain hemorrhage,
Ebru Gunde?
gave her first concert at the Bostancı Show Center on 11 March 2000, and donated its proceeds to the Haydarpa?a Numune Training and Research Foundation Hospital.
[4]
The concert performed by
Duman
rock band at the Bostancı Show Center on 4 October 2003 was released as a DVD by Murat Akad.
[5]
?ebnem Ferah's concert with Orhan ?allıel's orchestra titled the Istanbul Symphonic Project took place on 10 March 2007 at the Bostancı Show Center and was later released on DVD.
[6]
Folk poet and musician
Ne?et Erta?
announced his concert at the Bostancı Show Center with
Nuray Hafifta?
on 14 November 2009 as the last concert of his 65-year artistic career,
[7]
though he later changed this decision as a result of a huge number of requests by fans.
[8]
Artist
Kamil Sonmez
celebrated his 45th year of career on 15 November 2012 with an event organized at the Bostancı Show Center.
[9]
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