Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Main building of the museum.The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (Turkish: Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi) is a museum located in Sultanahmet Square in Eminönü district of Istanbul, Turkey. Constructed in 1524, the building was formerly the palace of İbrahim Pasha, ... [More]

Istanbul Archaeology Museums This June 2008 may require copy-editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling. You can assist by editing it now. (June 2008) Istanbul Archaeology Museums Established 13 June 1891 Location Osman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu Sokak, Gülhane, Istanbul, Turkey ... [More]

Istanbul Modern Istanbul ModernIstanbul Modern Art Museum (Turkish: İstanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi), a.k.a İstanbul Modern, is a museum of contemporary art in Istanbul, Turkey, inaugurated on December 11, 2004. The museum, located in a converted warehouse in Tophane district on the Bosphorus, is... [More]

Istanbul Aviation Museum Istanbul Aviation MuseumThe Istanbul Aviation Museum (Turkish: Havacılık Müzesi) is a military-based museum, managed by Turkish Air Force. The museum is located in the Yeşilköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. The area of museum is 65,000 m². The museum not only present... [More]

THE TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM TOPKAPI SARAYI Topkapi Palace was home to all the Ottoman sultans until the reign of Abdulmecid I (1839-1860), a period of nearly four centuries. The order for the construction of the Topkapi Palace on the Seraglio Point overlooking both Marmara and Bosphorus was given ... [More]

Is it a church? Is it a mosque? Is it a museum? Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia, the Church of Divine Wisdom) may be one of İstanbul’s most famous buildings, but it’s also one that suffers from an acute identity crisis, having started life as the great sixth century church of the Emperor Justinian, before ... [More]

Known as the “Great Church” or “Magna Ecclesia” in Latin, the first church was built at the same location where there had been a pagan temple before. It was Constantius II who inaugurated Hagia Sophia on 15 February 360. From the chronicles of Socrates of Constantinople, we know that the church was... [More]