What is "taksim"

Taksim ( Turkish for "division") was the objective of Turkish Cypriots who supported a partition of the island of Cyprus into Turkish and Greek portions, a concept declared as early as 1957 by Dr. Fazıl Küçük.

Taksim means "division", "partition", or "distribution" in Turkish, Arabic, Persian and Urdu.

Taksim may also refer to:

• Taksim (politics), the Turkish Cypriot political belief in the partition of Cyprus in the Cyprus dispute
• Taksim Military Barracks, an artillery barracks in Istanbul that was built in 1806
• Taksim Square, a square in Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey
• Taksim Square massacre on 1 May 1977
• Taksim (İstanbul Metro), an underground rapid transit complex under Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey
• Taksim Stadium, a football stadium in Istanbul that was converted from Taksim Military Barracks in 1921
• Taqsim, a style of musical improvisation in Balkan and Middle Eastern music

Taksim is an underground rapid transit complex. It is located in central Beyoğlu under Taksim Square in Istanbul. The complex is serviced by the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro and the Kabataş-Taksim Funicular (F1) line. Taksim was opened on 16 September 2000 as the southern terminus of the M2. On 29 June 2006 the Kabataş-Taksim funicular station was opened, offering shuttle service to Kabataş.