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İSTANBUL
TURKISH AND ISLAMIC ARTS MUSEUM
Turkish and Islamic Works Museum is the
first Turkish museum covering the Turkish
and Islamic art works wholly. The establishment
works that have been started at the end
of 19th century have been completed in 1913
and the museum has been opened for visit
in the soup kitchen building located in
Süleymaniye Mosque complex, which is one
of the most important works of Mimar Sinan,
with the name of "Evkaf - ı İslamiyet
Müzesi" (Islamic Foundations Museum).
After the announcement of the republic,
it has taken the name "Turkish and
Islamic Works Museum".
The museum has been moved to İbrahim Pasha
Palace from the soup kitchen building in
1983. Ibrahim Pasha Palace, which is one
of the most important samples of 16th Century
Ottoman civil architecture samples is on
the stages of the historical hippodrome,
the history of which goes back to the Roman
Period. This building, the precise construction
reason and date are not known, has been
presented to İbrahim Pasha by Kanuni Sultan
Süleyman in 1520, who would be his grand
vizier for 13 years.
İbrahim Pasha Palace, which is claimed to
be bigger and more magnificent than Topkapı
Palace by the history has been the stage
of many weddings, feasts and celebrations
as well as rebellions and turmoil and called
with the name of İbrahim Pasha after the
death of this person in 1536. It has been
used by other grand viziers, and had functions
such as barracks,
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embassy palace,
register office, Janissary band
house, sewing workshop and prison.
The palace located around four
big internal courtyards has
been made of stone in contrast
with many Ottoman civilian buildings,
most of which are wooden, therefore
it could reach today and has
been repaired between the years
1966 - 1983 and has been born
again as the new building of
Turkish and Islamic Works Museum.
The section, which is used as
a museum today is the big ceremony
hall of the palace and the 2nd
courtyard surrounding it, which
have been the subject of all
Ottoman miniatures of the palace
and the gravures and tables
of Western artists.
Turkish and Islamic Works Museum
has been awarded with the Special
Jury Award of Museum of the
Year Competition of the European
Council in 1984 and with the
prize given by European Council
- Unesco for its studies for
making the children love the
culture inheritance.
Turkish and Islamic Works Museum,
that is among the important
museums of the world in its
class has works from almost
all periods and all types of
Islamic art with its collection
exceeding forty thousand works.
Carpet Section
The carpet section forming the
richest collection of carpet
art in the world had a separate
importance and caused the museum's
being famous as a "Carpet
Museum" for long years.
The museum has the richest carpet
collection of not only Turkey,
but also the world. Besides
rare Seljuk carpets, prayer
rugs and animal figured carpets
belonging to the 15th centuries
and the carpets produced in
Anatolia between the 15th -
17th centuries and called as
"Holbein Carpet" in
the West inspired by the geometrically
figured or kufi writing are
the most valuable parts of this
section.
Turkish and Islamic Works Museum
carpet collection that became
richer with Iranian and Caucasian
carpets and famous Uşak and
palace carpet samples is a reference,
which the ones carrying out
a serious research on the carpet
art in the world must apply
to.
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Hand Writings
and Calligraphy Section
Koran - ı Kerims constituting
a big part of the writing collection
of Turkish and Islamic Works
Museum from 7th century to the
20th century come from a large
geographical region where Islam
has spread over.
It is one of the rare collections,
where Emevi, Abbasi, Egypt and
Syria Tulunoğulları, Fatımi,
Eyyubi, Memluk, Moğol, Türkmen,
Seljuk, Timuri, Safavi, Kaçar
and Anatolian Principalities
and Ottoman calligraphy creations
can be observed all together.
Among the hand writings, except
Korans, there are books (some
of them with pictures) written
about various subjects and these
draw attention both in terms
of their writing styles and
their coatings.
Imperial edicts, warrants bearing
the signatures of
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Ottoman
sultans, the sultan's
signatures each of which
is a work of art, Turkish
and Iranian miniature
writings make Turkish
and Islamic Works Museum
one of the most important
museums of the world.
Section of Wooden Works
The most important parts
of this collection are
the samples of Anatolian
Wood art of 9th - 10th
century.
Besides the unique parts
that remained from the
Anatolian Seljuks and
principalities, mother
- of - pearl, ivory, tortoiseshell
ornamented wooden works
of the Ottoman Period,
unique samples of inlaying
art, Koran part cases,
bookrests, drawers are
the interesting parts
of this rich collection.
Stone Art Section
Stone works belonging
to Emevi, Abbasi, Memluk,
Seljuk, Ottoman periods,
some of which have motifs
and some of which have
figures, but all of which
have writings have been
gathered in Turkish and
Islamic Works Museum.
Unique and elite samples
of stone art of Seljuk
Period, grave stones on
which hunting scenes,
fairy creatures such as
sphinx, griphon, dragon,
early - period stone works
with kufi writings, inscriptions
written in different methods
that are projections of
Ottoman calligraphy art
are important both in
quality and in quantity.
Section of Ceramic
and Glass
In this collection consisting
mostly of the ceramic
works found in the excavations
made between 1908 - 14,
the ones from Samarra,
Rakka, Tel Halep, Keşan
are in the first ranks.
It is possible to see
the stages of Early -
Islamic Period ceramic
art in the collection
of Turkish and Islamic
Works Museum. The mosaic,
mihrab and wall encaustic
tile samples belonging
to the Anatolian Principalities
and Seljuk Periods and
the plaster ornaments
of Konya Kılıçaslan Palace
constitute another important
part of the collection.
Ottoman encaustic tile
and ceramic art samples
end with near - period
Kütahya and Çanakkale
ceramics.
The glass collection starts
with the 9th century Islamic
glass art samples and
includes 15th century
Memluk candles, Ottoman
period glass art samples.
Metal Art Section
Turkish and Islamic Works
Museum Metal Art Collection
starting with the unique
samples belonging to the
Great Seljuk Empire period
and mortar, censer, long
- spouted ewer, mirror
and dirhems constitute
an important collection
with the door knockers
of Cizre Ulu Mosque and
14th century candelabrums
ornamented with constellation
and planet symbols, which
have an important place
in Islamic metal art.
Among the Ottoman metal
art samples starting from
the 16th century and reaching
the 19th century, there
are silver, brass, tombac
(ornamented with valuable
stones) crests, candles,
rose water cans, censers,
washtub / ewer sets.
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Ethnography
Section
Ethnographic parts collected
for long years have found
the possibility of being
exhibited with the transfer
of Turkish and Islamic
Works Museum to İbrahim
Pasha Palace.
The youngest part of the
museum is exhibited in
this collection, consisting
of carpet - kilim looms
collected from various
regions of Anatolia, wool
painting techniques, public
weaaving and ornamenting
art
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samples,
clothes in their regional
enhancements, house goods,
hand arts, hand art instruments,
nomad tents exhibited
in places special to them.
Tel: (212) 518
18 05 - Fax: (212)
518 18 07
Open days to visit:
Everyday except Monday
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