OTHER MUSEUMS OF GREAT INTEREST
The Archaeoligical Museum among the rich collections
the museum displays 60,000 Greco-Roman and New
Eastern antiquities including a Sarcophagus known
as “ the Sarcophagus
of Alexander the Great" and a stone tablet
carved with the Treaty
of Kadesh. The museum is located next to Topkapi
Palace.
(Open 09.30 - 16. 00 . Closed on mondays).
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The Ancient Orient Museum is also located
next to Topkapi Palace.
(Open 09.30 - 16. 00 . Closed on mondays).
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The Ceramics and Tiles Museum (Çinili Kösk)
(closed on mondays) is also located near Topkapi
Palace.
(Open 09.30 - 16. 00 . Closed on mondays).
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The Carpets and Kilims Museum is located
inside an outbuilding of the Blue Mosque.
(Open 09.00 - 12.00 - 13.00 - 16.00. Closed on
saturdays and sundays)
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The Calligraphy Museum is located on Beyazit
Square.
(Open 09.00 - 16.00. Closed on saturdays and sundays).
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The Military Museum is located at Harbiye.
During the summer time, every day between 15.00
- 16.00 there is a performance of the Mehter Band
(Janissary Band).
(Open 09.00 - 17.00 . Closed on mondays and tuesdays).
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The Navy Museum (Deniz Musesi) is located
at Beşiktaş.
(Open 09.00 - 17.00. Closed on wednesdays and
thursdays).
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The Turkish Painting and Sculpture Museum
is located at Beşiktaş.
(Open 10.00 - 16.00 from wednesdays to sundays).
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The
Sadberk Hanım Museum (Archaeoligical and ethnographical
collections) is located in a beautiful wooden
mansion facing the Bosphorus at Büyükdere (Sariyer).
The Sadberk Hanım Museum is the first museum of
the Koç Family.
(Open 10.30 - 18.00. Closed on wednesdays).
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Rahmi
M. Koç Industrial Museum is located in Haskoy
cad.27 on the Golden Horn. The museum gives a
glimpse into İstanbul's industrial past.
The
Rahmi M. Koç Industrial Museum is the second museum
of the Koç Family.
(Open 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on Mondays).
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The
Pera Museum : the historical building of the
former Bristol hotel built in 1893 at Tepebaşı,
following restoration, has been transformed into
a modern cultural center. The museum displays
various, rich collections from the Suna and Inan
Kıraç Foundation who purchased the hotel. The
most famous (and also most expensive) piece on
display in the museum is "The Tortoise Trainer"
by Osman Hamdi Bey exhibited in the Orientalist
painting section. The Pera Museum is
the third museum of the Koç Family.
(Open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 - 19:00; Sunday:
12:00 - 18:00; closed on Mondays / Mesrutiyet
Caddesi 141, Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu)
Map 2, B 3
Istanbul
Modern is Turkey's first museum of modern
art. It is located in a former warehouse built
at the end of the 19th century and used by the
Istanbul Port Authority. The building features
two stories of 4,000 square meters each. On the
upper floor, the permanent collection consisting
of about 4,000 pieces - all by Turkish artists
- is exhibited on a rotational basis. Temporary
exhibitions are held on the ground floor. The
museum project has been funded by the Eczcıbaşı
family who is also one of the museum's main doners.
(Open 10.00
- 18.00. On Thursdays, remains open until 20.00.
Closed on Mondays / Meclis-i Mebusan Caddesi,
Antrepo 4 - Karaköy)
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Atatürk Museum is located in the house
where Atatürk lived at 250 Halaskargazi Avenue
(Halaskargazi caddesi) in Şişli . On display are
photographs of Atatürk from his birth until his
death, as well as some of his clothes, personal
belongings and paintings.
(Open 09.00 - 16.00. Closed on Sundays and Thursdays)
Map 3, B 1
BAZAARS
The Grand Bazaar (Kapali Çarsi) is a covered
trade center (bedesten) that was built between
1455 and 1461 by Mehmet II the Conqueror, and
later enlarged with “hans”.
Following fires and earthquakes, the bedesten
was restored several times. It is a huge labyrinth
composed of thousands shops and hundreds workshops.
Most of them are grouped according to their
speciality: jewels, copper items, carpets, leather,
clothing, souvenirs...
(Open 09.00 - 19.00. Closed on sundays and bank
holidays).
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The Egyptian Bazaar or Spice Bazaar (Misir Çarsisi)
built in 1664, was part of the Yeni Cami complex.
Medicinal herbs and spices from the territories
of the empire and other countries used to transit
through Egypt. The bazaar was the Mecca of oriental
Medecine and pharmacopoeia. Nowadays, in addition
to herbs and spices, dried fruits, basketwork,
materials, household table and bathroom linen,
jewels can be found.
(Open 09.00 - 19.00. Closed on sundays and bank
holidays).
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The Old Books and Post Cards Bazaar (Sahaflar
Çarsisi) is located near Beyazit Mosque.
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FORTRESSES
Rumeli Hisari is located on the European
side near the second Bosphorus Bridge called
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü.
In 1452, Sultan Mehmet
II the Conqueror, who was preparing the
siege of Constantinople,
built a fortress facing the Anatolian
Fortress
of Anadolu Hisari. This beautiful example of
military architecture was completed in record
time of four months. The sultan's aim was to
prevent any military help from the fleets allied
to the Byzantines, and also to prevent resupplying
the city from the Black Sea.
The fortress, restored in 1953, has become an
open-air museum and amphitheater where concerts,
theatre and folkloric shows are held.
(Open every day 09.00-16.30 except Wednesdays).
Anadolu Hisari, the Anatolian Fortress
opposite
Rumeli Hisari,
was built on the Asian side of the Bosphorus
by Bayezit I in 1390-91,
for a better control of the strait. Both fortresses
are located at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus.
