The avenue was named on Hungarian Day, part of the traditional four-day Cherry Festival in Tekirdag, Hungary?s consul general in Istanbul Mária Németh Székely said. The house where Rákóczi lived, which now functions as a museum, is located on the avenue, she added.
Rákóczi took refuge in the Ottoman Empire after the Kingdom of Hungary?s failed revolution against the Habsburgs, landing in Gallipoli with an entourage of 40 people on October 10, 1717. He would never return to Hungary during his lifetime.
The Rákóczi museum, which Hungary?s Foreign Ministry renovated two years ago, opened an exhibition presenting the relationship between the Hungarian and Turkish peoples over the centuries. The exhibition also shows the work of Ödön Széchenyi, who established modern fire-fighting services in Istanbul in the second half of the 19th century.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
