Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Gadziriro yokutanga yokuvaka metro yakazara muIstanbul, yakanzi Avant Projet d'un Métropolitain à Constantinople uye yakagadzirwa nomunjiniya wokuFrance L. Guerby, yakatanga musi waJanuary 10, 1912. Urongwa hwacho hwaiva nezviteshi 24 pakati pematunhu eTopkapı neŞişli uye hwaisanganisira kubatana kuburikidza neGolden Horn. Chiteshi chimwe nechimwe chaizova nepuratifomu yemamita 75 iri pedyo nechitima chechitima, nepo chinhambwe chiri pakati pezviteshi zvacho chaisiyana-siyana kubva pamamita 220 kusvika ku975. Zvirongwa zvepurogiramu yacho, iyo isina kumbobvira yaitika, nhasi inoratidzwa paIstanbul Technical University Museum. Muna 1936 murongi weguta reFrance Henri Prost akakurudzira metro network pakati pematunhu eTaksim neBeyazıt, kuchamhembe nekumaodzanyemba kweGolden Horn, zvichiteerana. Muna October 1951 kambani yokuNetherlands inonzi Nedeco yakapa pfungwa yokuvaka nzira yakafanana pakati peTaksim neBeyazıt, uye muna September 1952 Mutungamiriri weParis Transportation Department, Marc Langevin, pamwe chete neshamwari yake Louis Meizzonet, vakagadzira mushumo une zvitsauko 14 nokuda kwokushandiswa kwegadziriro yacho nokubatanidzwa kwayo nedzimwe nzira dzokufambisa vanhu muguta racho. Zvisinei, urongwa uhwu hahuna kutongotanga kushanda uye zvikumbiro zvose zvakamiswa kusvikira muna 1987, apo kuronga kweIstanbul Metro yazvino kwakaitwa. Basa rokuvaka rechitima chokutanga che"mazuva ano" chokutakura vanhu vakawanda rakatanga muna 1989. M1 yakatanga kunzi "Hafif Metro" (iyo inoshandurwa chaizvo se "light metro"). Kunyange zvazvo yakavakwa semutsetse wakaparadzaniswa zvakakwana, mutsara weM1 unoshanda nechitima chenguva pfupi uye mapuratifomu mapfupi pane zvakajairika pane imwe nzira ye metro, saka "light metro" zita rayo. M1 mutsetse wakazowedzerwa kubva kuAksaray yakananga kumadokero kwemaguta, ichisvika kuAtatürk Airport kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero muna 2002. Kuvakwa kweM2, kwakatanga musi waSeptember 11, 1992, asi kwakatarisana nezvinetso zvakawanda nemhaka yenzvimbo dzakawanda dzokuchera matongo dzakawanwa mukati mekuchera, izvo zvakaderedza kana kumisa zvachose kuvakwa kwezviteshi zvakawanda zvikurukuru kumaodzanyemba....  Mubvunzo: Avhareji yevatakurwi vangani inotakura njanji yeLevent zuva nezuva?
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