ISTANBUL - NOB Move - Good-bye Palazzo Corpi

UNCLAS ISTANBUL 000967 SIPDIS DEPT FOR OPS CENTER DEPT FOR EUR/NC, EUR/EX, S/S-O, CA DEPT PLEASE GIVE WIDE DISTRIBUTION E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT SUBJECT: ISTANBUL - NOB Move - Good-bye Palazzo Corpi S/S-O Please send this as an ALDAC including all SEP posts. ¶1. On this day, the staff of AmConGen Istanbul is moving to its newly finished and dedicated office building in Istinye some 11 miles northeast of the historic "Palazzo Corpi," which has served as the centerpiece of a U.S. Legation, U.S. Embassy, and U.S. Consulate since its own completion in ¶1882. We leave these premises with renewed respect for all those who have served here before us and with deep gratitude for the aging but beautiful "grande dame" who hosted us with such care and affection as the metropolis of Istanbul grew up around her and a new, more threatening world pressed in upon her. This will be our last transmission from Beyoglu/Pera and the Palazzo Corpi. We will be back on line from Istinye on Tuesday, July 15. ¶2. Istanbul's new consulate building address is: Kaplicalar Mevkii Sokak No. 2 Istinye-Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey post code 34460 ¶3. Istanbul's new office building telephone system has direct-inward-dialing (DID). Primary Numbers 90-212-335-9000 Switchboard/Auto Attendant 90-212-335-9368 Post 1 ARNETT