MUSEUMS OF ISTANBUL
ATATURK MUSEUM
The Ataturk Museum, commonly known as the Reform Museum, is the home of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk from 1918 to 1919. During his stay in this residence, it is known that plans for the nation’s liberation were drafted. The building was purchased by Istanbul Municipality in 1928 and opened to the public in June 1942 by Lutfi Kirdar, the former Governor and Mayor of Istanbul.
Ataturk’s personal things, clothes, uniforms, photographs of his military and civilian lives, handwriting, and some of his hand-written documents, medals, and commemorative items make up a substantial portion of the Ataturk Museum collection.
Address: Halaskargazi Caddesi No:140 Sisli
Phone: +90 212 233 47 23
Email: kutuphanemuzeler@ibb.gov.tr
Between 09.00-17.00.
Excluding Monday
Entry is free of charge.
AŞİYAN MUSEUM
The great Turkish poet Tevfik Fikret lived in Aşiyan from 1906 until 1915, and the house was purchased by Istanbul Municipality from the poet’s wife, Nazime Fikret, in 1940. In Persian, the phrase “Aşiyan” means “home, bird’s nest.” The wooden structure, which is three floors high and set inside a park, boasts a spectacular perspective of the Bosporus and is Turkey’s first literary museum.
Apart from Tevfik Fikret’s and his family’s works, the Aşiyan Museum’s collection includes distinct areas displaying the belongings, photographs, and books of significant figures in Turkish literature such as Abdulhak Hamit Tarhan and Sair Nigar Hanim.
Address: Asiyan Yokusu 34342 Bebek, Besiktas
Phone: +90 212 263 69 86
Email: kutuphanemuzeler@ibb.gov.tr
Between 09.00-17.00
Excluding Monday
CARICATURE MUSEUM
The Museum was first opened in Tepebasi in 1975 as a collaboration between the Caricature Artists Association and the Istanbul Municipality. In 2010, the museum was relocated to its current location.
The Caricature Artists Association owns the complete collection on exhibit at the Caricature and Humor Center, which is now known as the Caricature and Humor Center. The collection includes drawings and personal possessions of well-known caricature artists from Turkey and around the world.
Address: Catma Mescit Mah. Refik Saydam Cad. Tali Sok. (Kasimpasa Stadi Ustu) Tepebasi – Beyoglu
Phone: +90 212 256 42 58
Email: kutuphanemuzeler@ibb.gov.tr
Between 09.00-17.30.
closed on weekends.
TURKISH WORLD CULTURE DISTRICT
Istanbul is the center of culture and art in the present as well as in the past, having been home to different civilizations throughout history.
This ancient city also serves as a gathering place for people of many races, colors, customs, and faiths.
Among these factors is the Turkish World Culture District, which is located in Topkapi Culture Park. Houses of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus, RF Tatarstan, and RF Bashkortostan (Bashkiria) may be found within the area, as well as the House of Abu Nasr Al-Farabi.
The Culture District has taken on its current form as additional models and yurts have been added throughout the years. It has swiftly become a popular destination for both domestic and international visitors.
Address: Maltepe Mahallesi Topkapi Kultur Parki Osmanli evleri Zeytinburnu/Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 467 07 00
Email:info@topkapiturkdunyasi.com
Every day Between 08.00 – 17.00.
MUSEUM OF TURKISH JEWS
In December 2015, the Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews opened its doors in its new location, Neve Shalom Synagogue, with updated content and innovative exhibition technologies.
The museum is divided into three sections, each of which contains information about Turkish Jews’ historical and cultural heritage, as well as their contributions to the nation’s social and governmental life. Visitors can watch images and recordings of traditions and origins, highlights from Jewish life, and objects used in religious rites in its new location, where the current attitude of museology and technology facilities have been merged together.
Address: Bereketzade Mahallesi, Buyuk Hendek Sok. no:39 Beyoglu /ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 292 63 33-34
Email: Info@muze500.com Source: www.muze500.com
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 10.00 – 17.00, Friday 10.00- 13.00 Sunday 10.00- 17.00
Closed On Saturday
ADAM MICKIEWICZ MUSEUM
In 1955, the 100th anniversary of the poet’s death, the house in Tarlabasi, where the Polish independence poet Adam Mickiewicz spent his final years before his death in 1855, was made into a museum with the help of the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art.
The museum houses information and records regarding Mickiewicz’s works and life, as well as images taken during the poet’s time in Istanbul and documents and photographs about Poland’s liberation movement. A symbolic burial for Mickiewicz, whose actual grave is in Krakow, is positioned on the building’s bottom floor.
Address: Bostan Mahallesi Tatli Badem Sokak No:17 Posta Kodu:34435 – Beyoglu/ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 235 66 98
Email: tiem@tiem.gov.tr
Between 10.00 : 17.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT MUSEUM
The “Fire Department Museum,” Turkey’s first and only fire service museum, was established in 1932 by bringing the tools and materials utilized in the 300-year-old fire department. Firefighting gear from the early days of firefighting to today’s firefighters, as well as the oldest firefighting equipment such as various pumps, fire prevention barrels, signal baskets used at Beyazit Tower, telephone switchboards, and motorized fire extinguishing tools, are all on display at this museum, which is one of the world’s most important fire department museums.
Address: Yildiz Mah. Citlenbik Yokusu Horoz Sok. No: 1 Besiktas
Phone: +90 212 259 91 24
Email: kutuphanemuzeler@ibb.gov.tr
Between 09.00-17.30
MINIATURK
Miniaturk was opened to the public on May 2, 2003, by Kultur A.S., an Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality subsidiary. Miniaturk is displaying miniature models of 135 architectural works from the Turkish and Ottoman regions, selected from thousands of historical works based on their recognition and period, with 62 works from Istanbul, 60 works from Anatolia, and 13 works from the Ottoman region now located outside Turkey’s borders.
A skilled team carefully selected unique natural formations. Miniaturk might be the best spot to visit if you only have a short period of time to see Turkey.
Address: Ornektepe Mahallesi, Imrahor Caddesi, No.7 Sutluce 34445 Beyoglu
Phone: +90 212 222 28 82
Between 09.00 – 18.00.
PANORAMA 1453 HISTORY MUSEUM
In 2009, the museum at Topkapi Culture Park opened its doors to the public (Topkapi Kultur Park). The invasion of Istanbul is one of history’s watershed moments. This event, which gave the globe a new order, also enhanced Istanbul’s art, architecture, and culture. Panorama 1453 History Museum was established in order to introduce the cultural treasures created by the efforts of various civilizations, as well as to tell the tale of the city’s past and present, as well as the spirit of conquering.
Both vertically and horizontally, the museum is completely panoramic. It is also renowned as the world’s first totally panoramic museum because of its feature.
Address: Merkez Efendi Mahallesi, Topkapi Kultur Park Ici Yolu, Zeytinburnu
Phone: +90 212 415 14 53
Between 08.00 – 17.00.
ANADOLUHISAR MUSEUM
Sultan Bayezid I constructed Anadoluhisar (“Anatolian Castle”) in 1394.
The purpose of this structure was to stifle the flow of goods from the Black Sea to the Byzantine Empire. The Ministry of Culture carried out some improvements on the castle between 1991 and 1993.
Today, Anadoluhisar is part of the Beykoz Municipality. In the castle, there are no moveable cultural items. It is not open to the public.
Address: Anadolu Hisari – Beykoz/ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 263 53 05
Email: anadoluhisarimuzesi@kultur.gov.tr
MILITARY MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER
The Military Museum and Cultural Center Command acquires objects recognized as military cultural assets, maintains and restores them, displays them using contemporary ways, and preserves them for future generations to enjoy.
The Military Museum and Cultural Center Command has around 55,000 artifacts in its collection of military cultural assets, with 5,000 of them on display at the museum’s exhibit halls.
Address: Vali Konagi Cad. No:2 Harbiye/ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 233 27 20
Between 09.00- 16.30.
The Mehteran Band performs every day excluding Monday, between 15.00-16.00.
HAGIA EIRENE MUSEUM
The Church of Hagia Eirene is an ancient Byzantine church in Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace’s outer court. Eirene Hagia.
It is thought to have been built during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in the fourth century. During the Nika Riots in 532, it was devastated together with Hagia Sophia. It was later rebuilt by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the sixth century.
Address: Topkapi Sarayi Avlusu, Sultanahmet Posta Kodu:34122 – Fatih/
Phone: +90 212 512 04 80
Email:ayairinimuzesi@kulturturizm.gov.tr
Between 09.00 – 17.00
Excluding Tuesday
AYNALIKAVAK MUSIC MUSEUM
Sultan Abdulhamid II’s grandchildren, Gevheri Osmanoglu and his successors donated their collections of stringed instruments, notes, phonograph records, and other items to the museum in 1984. Later, plans were made to turn the pavilion where Selim III, a sultan who has made several contributions to music and is also a musician, previously resided into a music museum.
Many other collectors and musicians have also contributed to the museum by donating instruments. Additionally, the Aynalikavak Pavilion’s collection includes instruments from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s collection. The museum’s collection includes 65 stringed instruments, over 200 phonograph records, numerous notes, and printed works.
Address: Haskoy, Aynali Kavak Cad. 34445 Beyoglu/Istanbul
Between 09.00-16.30
Closed on Monday
MUSEUM OF GREAT PALACE MOSAICS
Within Arasta Bazaar, the museum is located in the Blue Mosque’s Social Complex. It was constructed to accommodate the mosaic floor that covered the northeastern area of the cloister of Great Palace during the Eastern Roman Empire era, which was mostly uninjured. The mosaic area was only revealed to be 180 square meters.
Scenes like a griffon attack, an elephant fighting a lion, a mare suckling her foal, children with geese, goat milking, a child feeding a donkey, a young woman holding a pot, bears eating an apple, and a hunter and a tiger fight are among the most remarkable mosaics in the museum. On the mosaics, there are 150 human and animal figurines representing 90 various topics.
Address: Arasta Carsisi, Sultanahmet Mahallesi Fatih – Istanbul/Turkiye
Phone: +90 212 518 12 05
Email: mozaik@muze.gov.tr
Between 10.00 :17.00
Closed on Monday
MARITIME MUSEUM
The Marine Museum, being Turkey’s largest maritime museum, is one of the world’s most unique museums due to the diversity of its collection.
Address: Sinan Pasa Mah. Besiktas Cad. 6/1 Besiktas – Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 327 43 45
Between 09.00 – 17.00
Closed on Monday
DOLMABAHCE CLOCK MUSEUM
Dolmabahce Clock Museum, Turkey’s first and only clock museum, has evolved into a museum where the beautiful works of Ottoman Mawlawi watchmakers from the 19th century may be exhibited alongside the magnificent mechanicals of French masters and British automats from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The museum has 71 clocks on display. The musical automats of famous British watchmaker George Prior, French gold plated console clocks, automated and semi-automated musical clocks, Ahmet Eflaki Dede’s latest work, clock numbered 9, tourbillon clocks made by Ottoman Mawlawi masters Mehmet Sukru and Mehmet Muhsin, and the magnificent astronomical clock of Suleyman Leziz.
Address: Visnezade, Dolmabahce Cad. 34357 Besiktas/Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 327 26 26
Closed to visitors on Mondays.
Between 09.00-16.30.
OLD EASTERN WORKS MUSEUM
Pre-Hellenic Anatolia and Mesopotamia, as well as pre-Islamic Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, are represented in the Old Eastern Works Museum’s holdings. The majority of these relics were unearthed during archaeological excavations between the 19th century and the First World War and were sent to Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire’s capital and the country’s last ruler.
While the Islamic-Arabian Art, Egyptian Collection, Mesopotamian Collection, Anatolian Collection, Urartian Collection, and Cuneiform Inscriptions are organized by geography, the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the cultures of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia, are exhibited in chronological sequence.
Aside from rare treasures like the stele of Akkadian King Naram-Sin, the Kadesh Treaty, and the Ishtar Gate, the Old Eastern Works Museum also houses the Tablet Archive, which has 75,000 cuneiform inscriptions.
Address: Istanbul Arkeoloji Muzeleri Alemdar Cad. Osman Hamdi Bey Yokusu Sok, 34122, Gulhane Fatih Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 520 77 40-41
Email: info@istanbularkeoloji.gov.tr
Closed on Mondays,
Between 09.00-16.00.
FETHIYE MUSEUM
It is situated in Istanbul’s Fatih – Carsamba district. It is the Pammakaristos monastery church, which was constructed during the Byzantine period. With the end of the Latin invasion in the 13th century, a parekklesion (side chapel) was added.
It was left to the Christians as a women’s monastery after the conquest, and it was used as a patriarchate until 1586 when the patriarchate was transferred to here in 1455.
This church was converted into a mosque and given the name “Fethiye” by Murad III (1574-1595). The mosque in the Northern church is still in use. The extra church, on the other hand, has stunning 14th-century mosaics on its walls, and it was restored between 1938 and 1940 and placed under the control of the Hagia Sophia Museum as a museum.
Address: Fethiye Caddesi, Balat, Draman Cad. 34087 Fatih/Istanbul, Turkiye
Phone: +90 212 635 12 73
Email: istanbulfethiyemuzesi@kultur.gov.tr
Istanbul Fethiye Museum is closed to visitors because of ongoing restoration.
GALATA MEVLEVI LODGE
It was built in 1491 on the site of Iskender Pasa’s mansion, the governor during Sultan Bayezid II’s reign.
A semahane (sama building), dervish niches, sheik quarters, the sultan lodge, area of sisters, library, water fountain, muvakkithane (building for establishing the hour for azan), kitchen, mausoleums, and the treasury make up the Mevlevi Lodge.
The semahane is now a museum, and the epitaph of Sultan Abdulmejid I repair, dated 1853, can be found on the wooden area’s entrance door.
Address: Sahkulu Mahallesi Galip Dede Caddesi No:15 Posta Kodu: 34420 – Tunel-Beyoglu/ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 245 41 41
Email: galatamevlevihanesi@kultur.gov.tr
Between 10.00: 17:00
Days Closed: Monday
CARPET MUSEUM
The construction is the oldest example of imperial pavilions, which were built to allow the Sultan to rest and converse with others before or after prayer.
Sultan Ahmed, I built the Imperial Pavilion about the same time as the Blue Mosque, between 1609 and 1617. Sedefkar Mehmet Aga designed it.
The museum’s collection consists of a collection of historical and artistically significant carpets that were donated to mosques in accordance with a centuries-old Islamic custom. The Carpet Museum houses 448 rugs. On a rotating basis, 62 rugs are on show. Very rare carpets are on display in the museum where Genuine Turkish carpets can be found.
Address: Cankurtaran Mah. Babi Humayun Caddesi Sogukcesme Sok. Fatih/ Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 512 69 93
Email: info@halimuzesi.com
Closed on Mondays.
MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The museum, which was founded by Islamic scientific historian Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin and opened in 2008, is the first of its kind in Turkey and the second in the world after Frankfurt, with a 3,500-square-meter exhibition area and a collection of 570 tools, device reproductions, models, and mock-ups.
The advancement of the Islamic world in the past within the history of science has been documented due to the aesthetic and pedagogic quality of scientific works, as well as their impression and distinctive impact arising from the knowledge they supply. Furthermore, it bridges the gap between the East and the West’s science cultures.
Address: Gulhane Parki Ici Has Ahirlar Binasi 34122 Gulhane/Fatih
Phone: +90 212 528 80 65
Email: bilimveteknolojimuz@kultur.gov.tr
Between 09.00: 16.45
Days Closed: Monday
ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM
The Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Turkey’s first museum, houses about a million items from many cultures that were brought from the empire’s domains.
The Archaeology Museum draws notice because it is one of the few museum buildings on the globe. It is one of Istanbul’s most elegant and stunning examples of Neo-Classical architecture. The Ottoman language carved on the pediment reads “Asar-i Atika Muzesi” (Old Artifacts Museum). Sultan Abdul Hamid II’s signature (tughra) may be found in the text.
Address: Alemdar Caddesi Osman Hamdi Bey yokusu, Posta Kodu: 34122 – Fatih/ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 520 77 40
Email:istanbularkeolojimuzesi@kultur.gov.tr
Between 10.00: 17.00
Closed on Monday.
ISTANBUL JAZARI MUSEUM
The Istanbul Jazari Museum is a museology organization that is currently intending to hold touring exhibitions.
The Extraordinary Machines of Jazari Exhibition in UNIQ ISTANBUL first brings the items developed by the Istanbul Jazari Museum to the attention of tourists. The museum’s headquarters are in Altunizade – Uskudar, despite the fact that the display area is in UNIQ ISTANBUL. This address does not house the artifacts, but it does house the management.
Address: Huzur Mah. Maslak Ayazaga Cad. No:4 Sariyer Istanbul / TURKEY
Phone: +90 545 415 15 15
Email: iletisim@cezerimuzesi.com
ISTANBUL RAILWAY MUSEUM
On September 23, 2005, the Istanbul Railway Museum opened at Sirkeci Railway Station. The museum, which spans 45.50 square meters, houses 300 cultural artifacts.
Address: Hocapasa Mah. 34110 Fatih – Eminonu/ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 527 12 01, +90 212 520 65 75
Email:istanbuldemiryolumuzesi@tcdd.gov.tr
Open every day excluding Sundays, Mondays, and holidays.
ISTANBUL TOY MUSEUM
Sunay Akın, a poet and writer, founded the Istanbul Toy Museum on April 23, 2005. The museum, which houses outstanding examples of toy history from the 1700s to the present, is housed in a historic mansion.
Istanbul Toy Museum was founded with toys purchased by Sunay Akin from antiquarians and auctions spanning more than 40 nations over a 20-year period, and it conveys world history to its guests in a more engaging and catchy manner. The race to the Moon, for example, is described through the language of toys in the section for space toys, while the industrial revolution is told through the language of trains in the part for railway toys.
Address: Omerpasa Cad. Dr. Zeki Zeren Sok. No:15 Goztepe/ Istanbul
Phone: +90 216 359 45 50-51
Email: info@istanbuloyuncakmuzesi.com
Open every day excluding Monday between 09.30-18.00.
ISTANBUL AIR FORCE MUSEUM
The Turkish Air Forces have two different aviation museums. One of them settled in Yeşilköy.
The museum displays not just Turkish Air Force fighters, helicopters, and armaments, but also commercial air transport and many examples of Turkish aeronautics history dating back to the Ottoman Empire.
Address: Eski Havalimani Caddesi Hava Kuvvetleri Muzesi 34149 Yesilkoy /Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 663 24 90-2268
Email: havacilikmuzesi@hho.edu.tr
Open between 09.00-17.00
ISTANBUL MODERN ART MUSEUM
With an international perspective, Istanbul Modern gathers, preserves, shows, and chronicles modern and contemporary works of art, photos, designs, architecture, and new products in the fields of new media and cinema. It serves as a conduit for the exchange of Turkey’s cultural identity with the international art world.
It aids musicians in their production efforts as well as worldwide collaborations. Istanbul Modern, as part of its objective to make art more accessible to the general public, offers training programs for art observers of all ages.
Address: Asmalimescit Mahallesi, Mesrutiyet Caddesi, No: 99 34430, Beyoglu, Istanbul Turkiye
Phone: +90 212 334 73 00
Email: info@istanbulmodern.org
Between Tuesdays – Sundays from 11.00-17.00.
ISTANBUL STATE ART AND SCULPTURE MUSEUM
The Istanbul State Art and Sculpture Museum was founded in 1937 with the goal of preserving and sharing important works of Turkish modern art with the general public.
For eight years, efforts to transform the No. 5 Warehouse building, which also hosted the 9th Istanbul Biennial in 2005 and the 12th Istanbul Biennial in 2011.
Address: Meclis-I Mebusan Caddesi, No: 2, Tophane, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkiye
Phone: +90 212 261 42 98-99
Open between Tuesdays-Mondays at 10.00-18.00
RAHMI KOC MUSEUM
Mustafa Vehbi Koc Building, historic Haskoy Shipyard The Rahmi M. Koc Museum is an industrial museum located on the Golden Horn’s coast in Istanbul’s Haskoy district.
The museum was founded in 1994 with the support of entrepreneur Rahmi Koc and is the first major museum dedicated to industry, transportation, and communication. The museum hosts a variety of groups, performances, and special exhibitions on a regular basis. The museum is divided into three sections that have a total space of 27 thousand square meters.
Address: Haskoy Cad. No: 5 Haskoy, Beyoglu/Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 369 66 00
Email: info@rmk-museum.org.tr
Tuesday – Monday 09:30 – 17:00 (October 1 – March 31),
09:30-19:00 (April 1 – September 30)
PERA MUSEUM
Pera Museum, which opened in early June 2005, is the first stage in Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation’s vast cultural plan to provide culture and art services in this popular region of the city.
The ancient structure designed by architect Achille Manoussos in Istanbul’s popular area of Tepebasi in 1893 has been entirely renovated by architect Sinan Genim and made into a modern museum for Pera Museum, which took on the role of “museum and cultural center” in this project.
Address: Asmalimescit, Mesrutiyet Caddesi No.65 34430 Tepebasi – Beyoglu / Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 334 99 00
Email: info@peramuzesi.org.tr
Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 – 18:00; Sunday, 12:00 – 18:00
PAINTING MUSEUM
The museum, which opened on April 22, 2014, is housed in Dolmabahce Palace, an architectural emblem of the Ottoman Empire’s westernization process. The museum, which is housed in the heirs to the throne’s living quarters (“Veliahd Residence”) at Dolmabahce, is significant for being the first painting collection in a Western context, as well as reflecting the Ottoman Empire’s evolving and changing love of art during the nineteenth century.
It has 11 divisions in which the works are grouped according to their dates and features, and it has over 200 works. Each of these areas has its own atmosphere and significance in relation to the pieces on display.
Address: Visnezade Mah. 34357 Besiktas/Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 236 90 00
Every day excluding Monday, between 09:00-17:00.
RUMELIHISAR MUSEUM
Rumeli, Yedikule, and Anadolu fortifications are all included in the Fortresses Museum. The one that stands out the most is Rumelihisar (Rumeli Fortress).
The Fortress, which spans a 30-acre area near Sariyer, is also the name of the town. It was built in 1452 by Mehmed the Conqueror (Mehmed II) in just four months to thwart any help and attacks from the north of the Bosporus, prior to the capture of Istanbul.
This castle is just across from Sultan Bayezid I’s Anadoluhisar (Anatolian Fortress), which was built in 1394 in the narrowest area of the Bosporus with the highest current.
Address: Yahyakemal Cad. No.42 34470 Rumelihisari – Sariyer / ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 263 53 05
Email: hisarlarmuzesi@kultur.gov.tr
Between 10.00 : 17.00
MUSEUM OF PALACE COLLECTIONS
The major goal of the Museum of Palace Collections is to unveil and open to visitors the daily things used in 19th-century Ottoman palaces, particularly the Dolmabahce Palace, as well as the artifacts in the inventory of the National Palaces.
The artifacts on show in the Museum of Palace Collections are intended to offer visitors hints that may detail 19th-century daily life in the palaces.
Address: Visnezade Mah., Dolmabahce Cad. 34357 Besiktas/Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 236 90 00
Every day excluding Monday, between 09.00-16.30.
MADAME TUSSAUDS ISTANBUL
Madame Tussauds, a brand with a 250-year history, is now in Istanbul!
You can embark on a journey through the history of the Ottoman and Republic periods, and meet with several international musicians, sportspeople, and movie stars, as well as many well-known celebrities from Turkey, at Madame Tussauds Istanbul, where about 60 notable people among historic and cultural heroes, and recognized people within arts, sports, and politics from the past to present will be present.
Address: Huseyinaga Mahallesi, Istiklal Cad. No:56, 34435 Beyoglu/Istanbul
Phone: +90 212 444 3 253
Email:kurumsal@merlinentertainments.biz
Closing Hour: 20.00
TOPKAPI HAREM MUSEUM
For centuries, the Ottoman Dynasty and the upper-class women of the Harem lived at Harem Residence, where the sultans spent their personal time and lived with their families. At the same time, it functioned as a school with its own set of rules and hierarchy. The Harem Section of the Topkapi Palace is architecturally significant because it represents styles from the 16th to the early 19th centuries.
The sultan, royal mother, kadin (consort), Haseki sultan, royal favorites, princes, cariyes (wives), and the principal black eunuchs were the only ones who could enter.
Suleyman I. moved inside the Harem of Topkapi Palace with Haseki Hurrem Sultan and her family, creating an extreme hierarchy and structure that was disguised from the selamlik and other courts of the Palace. The ever-expanding Harem Residence got its final form after a long period of restorations and expansions within the Second Courtyard and on the back gardens.
Address: Sultanahmet, Posta Kodu:34122 – Fatih/ISTANBUL
Phone: +90 212 512 04 80
Between 09.00-16.30.
Closed on Tuesdays.
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