Istanbul Topkapı Palace Museum

The Topkapı Palace Museum and The Harem Topkapı Palace, which was used as the centre of administration and residence of dynasty in Istanbul the capital city of the Ottoman Empire, was completed in 1473 only two decades after Fatih Sultan Mehmet conquered the city. Members of the Ottoman dynasty inhabited [...]

Istanbul Museum of Modern Art

Istanbul Modern is the first private museum devoted to modern and contemporary art in Turkey. As it strengths the creative exchange between the art of Turkey and the West, it presents the artistic and cultural experience of our country to the world. For more information, please visit www.istanbulmodern.org

Istanbul Small St Sofia

Small St. Sofia Mosque is located between Cankurtaran and Kadirga quarters in Eminonu District, 20 km away from the southern seaside of Mediterranean ramparts. Although it is stated in some sources that there was a pavilion of Big Palace, which is known as Hormidas Palace, and a basically planned [...]

Istanbul Sadberk Hanım Museum

The Vehbi Koç Foundation Sadberk Hanim Museum occupies two separate buildings. The original building is a three-story (plus an attic) wooden mansion that is generally believed to have been built in the late 19th century and whose architecture was inspired by European vernacular traditions. The building, constructed of wood [...]

Istanbul Rumelihisar Museum

Located within borders of Sariyer district and gave its name to the location, covering 30.000 m2 area. There is a monument-art built in the narrowest and flowing(600m) section of the Istanbul Bosphoreus just opposite Anadoluhisari. Although it is known that the region was called “Hermaion” in ancient ages, historian Dukas [...]

Istanbul Rahmi M. Koc Museum

The M. Rahmi Koc Museum is situated on the north side of Halic (Golden Horn). It includes a new, largely underground, building as well as the historical ‘foundry’ (Lengerhane) on the southwest part of site. The two buildings are connected by a glass – sided ramp. The foundry [...]

Istanbul Museum of Classical Ottoman Divan Literature

The Galata Mevlevi Lodge (mevlevihane) or as it is also known the Kulekapi Mevlevi Lodge which is now serving as a museum, is one of the institutions which reflect the culture of the era in the best possible way. The Mevlevi Lodges which for centuries combined [...]

Istanbul Hagia Sophia Museum Mahmut I Library

It is located between two wall supports at the southern part of Ayasophia. It is an interesting product of Turkish construction and decorative arts. It was built by Sultan Mahmud I in 1739. The library consists of a reading room, the room where the books were [...]

Istanbul Hagia Sophia Museum

Hagia Sophia is considered a unique monument in world architecture, and it’s magnificence and functionality has been a good example in construction of countless Ottoman mosques. Hagia Sophia with its exceptional history constitutes a synthesis between east and west. This monument is one of the wonders of the world [...]