St. Irene Museum (4th cc) |
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Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene (Greek: Αγία Ειρήνη "Holy Peace", Turkish: Aya İrini) is a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It is open as a museum every day except Monday but requires special permission for admission. Phn:0212 528 45 00 |
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Haghia Sofia Museum |
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This ancient basilica was built for Roman Emperor Justinian I and later improved by Emperor Constantine. The dome is 30 metres / 100 foot across, capping what remained the biggest enclosed space in existence for more than a millennium. This majestic structure withstood many conflicts (including a 13th-century Phn:0212 528 45 00 |
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The Underground Cistern - Byzantium Basilica (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) |
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Emperor Justinian commissioned this underground cistern in the 6th century. Statues of Medussa flank the waters, and the ambient music and low-level lighting combine for an eerie effect. Some visitors bring fish food to share with the cistern's modern-day inhabitants. Phn:0212 522 12 59 |
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Kariye Museum (Chora Church) |
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| Phn:0212 631 92 41 Fax: 0212 512 54 74 E-Mail: Ayasofyamuzesi@Hotmail.Com Address: Edirnekapı, Fatih |
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İstanbul Archeology Museum |
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The city's proud Archaeology Museum is perhaps better known locally in Istanbul as the city's Arkeoloji Muzesi and certainly comes very highly recommended. Home to no less than 20 individual gallery spaces and a huge wealth of artefacts and treasure collected throughout Turkey and beyond, the Archaeology Museum boasts some gems dating back more than 5,000 years. This enormous complex is actually a collection of three museums, housed in what was once part of the Topkapi Palace. The complex is divided into the actual Archaeological Museum along with the Tiled Pavilion and the Museum of Oriental Antiquities. An absolute treasure trove of ancient relics, the Istanbul Archaeological Museum boasts ancient Greek sculptures, Mesopotamian artefacts and the highly-prized sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. Also of interest are the displays relating to the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Lebanon's famed Sidon necropolis. |
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Ihlamur Summer Palace |
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Ihlamur Palace (Turkish: Ihlamur Kasrı), is a former imperial Ottoman summer palace located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid I (1839-1860). It is under the administration of the Turkish Department of National Palaces. Phn:0212 259 50 86 |
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Beylerbeyi Palace Museum |
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Beylerbeyi Palace is located in the Beylerbeyi neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey at the Asian side of the Bosphorus. An Imperial Ottoman summer residence built in the 1860s, it is now situated immediately north of the 1973 Bosphorus Bridge . Phn:0216 321 93 20-21 |
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Dolmabahçe Palace Museum |
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The Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı) in Istanbul, Turkey, located at the European side of the Bosporus, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1922, apart from a twenty-year interval (1889-1909) in which the Yıldız Palace was used. Phn:0212 236 90 00 (20 Hat) |
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Topkapi Palace Museum |
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The Topkapı Palace (Turkish: Topkapı Sarayı) is a palace in Istanbul, Turkey, which was the official and primary residence in the city of the Ottoman Sultans for 400 years of their 600-year reign, from 1465 to 1853. Once serving both as government seat and summer residence for members of state, the Topkapi Palace is a lavishly-decorated palace and reached its peak in the 1500s, when it also served high-ranking members of the military and Ottoman elite. Travelling towards the centre of the complex, visitors to this prominent local landmark pass into ever more lavish courtyards. The fourth and innermost courtyard at Istanbul's must-see Topkapi Palace offers unparalleled views of the Bosphorus Strait. |
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Yildiz Palace-Şale |
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| Phn:0212 259 89 77 Fax: 0212 259 88 26 Address: Yıldız, Beşiktaş |
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Yildiz Palace Museums |
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İstanbul Modern Art Museum (Restored warehouse) |
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Located within the historical district of Karakoy (Galata) and alongside the Sea of Marmara, the Istanbul Modern is actually the very first art museum in the whole of Turkey that is solely dedicated to contemporary art works. This is a simply huge museum and resides within a restored warehouse, where all kinds of modern paintings, sculptures and photos are displayed, often successfully combining both Western and Turkey influences. |
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Osmanli Bank Museum |
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Founded in March 1997 by the Ottoman Bank, in collaboration with the History Foundation (Tarih Vakfı), the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre has been pursuing its activities in the former head office of the Ottoman Bank in Karaköy, since the end of 1999. Apart from its core endeavor, the classification of the Ottoman Bank archives, the centre has undertaken a number of projects up to now, including research related to oral history, publications, exhibitions, a documentary, a colloquium and a competition. |
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Pera Museum |
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| Located within Istanbul's European-style Beyoglu district, the five-storey Pera Museum contains a vast private collection, donated by the wealthy local entrepreneur Rahmi Koc. Highlights include many valuable handwritten books from the Ottoman Empire, along with a priceless painting by acclaimed Turkish artist Osman Hamdi Bey (1842 to 1910), who lived in the city for much of his life and founded the present day Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. The building itself is extremely beautiful and dates from 1893, serving as a hotel for many years. museum open: Tuesday to Saturday - 10:00 to 19:00, Sunday - 12:00 to 18:00 Phn:0212 334 99 00 |
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Rahmi M. Koç Museum (Historic dockyard) |
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| The Rahmi M Koç Museum is fortunate to be housed in two splendid, historical building complexes on the shores of the Golden Horn, at the heart of old Istanbul. These buildings are themselves icons of industrial archaeology, which makes it all the more appropriate that they now host our collection of industrial exhibits. The Lengerhane: Now a Class II historical monument, this former Ottoman Navy anchor foundry was constructed on the 12th Century foundations of a Byzantine building during the reign of Sultan Ahmet III. (By the way, 'lenger' means 'anchor and chain', and 'hane' means 'house'). The building was subsequently restored in the reign of Sultan Selim III (1789 - 1807), before passing into the ownership of Ministry of Finance and finally, in the Republican era, the Turkish State Monopolies' Cibali Tobacco factory. The roof of the Lengerhane was largely destroyed by fire in 1984 and the building was effectively abandoned until it was purchased by the Rahmi M Koç Museum and Culture Foundation in 1991. The Hasköy Dockyard: This historic dockyard was founded in 1861 by the former Ottoman Maritime Company (Sirket-I Hayriye) for the maintenance and repair of its own ships. The yard initially comprised just two workshop buildings, and was gradually extended as needs and opportunities arose. A 45m long cradle, powered by a steam capstan was constructed in 1884: later, in 1910, a second cradle was added and the capstan converted to electric power. Some of the earliest ferry boats were constructed here, including public favourites such as the Kocatas and Sariyer vessels laid down in 1938 and in service for nearly half a century. The dockyard went through many changes of State Ownership before ending up under the control of the Ministry of Communications In 1984. It was finally purchased by the Rahmi M Koç Museum and Culture Foundation in 1996. Phn:0212 369 66 00 -01-02 |
 
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Sakip Sabanci Museum |
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| Sakıp Sabancı Museum is located in Emirgan, at one of Istanbul's oldest settlements on the Bosphorus. In 1927 Prince Mehmed Ali Hasan of the Hidiv family of Egypt commissioned the Italian architect Edouard De Nari to build the villa, now the museum's main building, and it was used as a summer house for many years by various members of the Hidiv family; for a short time it also served as the Montenegran Embassy. Today Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum presents a versatile museological environment with its rich permanent collection, the comprehensive temporary exhibitions that it hosts, its conservation units, model educational programs and the various concerts, conferences and seminars held there. Museum open: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10.00-18.00 Wednesday: 10.00-22.00 Phn:0212 277 22 00 |
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İstanbul Modern Art Museum: New Works, New Horizons / Yeni Yapıtlar, Yeni Ufuklar
Venue: İstanbul Modern Art Museum
Phn: 02123347300
Address: Meclis-İ Mebusan Cad. Liman İşletmeleri Sahası Antrepo No.4 Karaköy/Eminönü
Pera Museum: New York School of Visual Arts
Date: August 12 - October 4, 2009
Venue: Pera Museum
Phn: 0212 334 99 00
Address: Meşrutiyet Caddesi No.65 Tepebaşı/Beyoğlu
Joseph Beuys and His students
Date: September 9-November 1, 2009
Venue: Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Phn: 0 212 277 22 00
Address: Sakıp Sabancı Cad. No:42 Emirgan/SarıVenue
Pi Artworks: Artist: İrfan Önürmen 'Panic / Panik’
Date: September 10 - October 31, 2009
Venue:Pi Artworks Tophane
Phn: :212 293 71 03
Address Boğazkesen Cad. No:76 Tophane / Beyoğlu
Elipsis Art Gallery: Artist: Serkan Taycan 'Homeland / Memleket'
Date: September 10–November 13, 2009
Venue: Galeri Elipsis
Phn: 212 249 48 92
Address: Faikpaşa yokuşu, Faikpaşa Ap No: 37 Giriş kat- Çukurcuma, Cihangir/ Beyoğlu
C.A.M. Art Gallery: Ters Akıntı 2
Date: September 11- October 15, 2009
Venue: C.A.M Galeri
Phn: 0212 2457975 -76
Address: Şehbender sok. No : 4 Asmalimescit Tünel/ Beyoğlu
The 11th International İstanbul Biennial takes its title from the song 'Denn wovon lebt der Mensch?', translated into English as 'What Keeps Mankind Alive?'. The song closes the second act of the play The Threepenny Opera, written exactly 80 years ago by Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill.
A phenomenal success at the time of its premiere in 1928, the play was written as an adaptation of John Gay's 18th century The Beggar's Opera, and it set out to revolutionise theatre as both an artistic form and a tool for social and political change. The transformation of the 'theatre apparatus' by The Threepenny Opera, based on Brecht's assertion that 'a criminal is a bourgeois and a bourgeois is a criminal,' was achieved through an alteration of the existing notions of theatre 'genres' and the play's relationship with the audience.
Date: September 12-November 8, 2009
Venues: Antrepo No.3, Feriköy Greek School, Tütün Deposu (Tobacco Warehouse)
Web: http://www.iksv.org/bienal11/anasayfa_en.asp
Antrepo No.3 (Warehouse)
Antrepo is a complex made up of 4 buildings (previously used as bonded warehouses) at the Salipazari Harbor on the Bosporus, in the district Tophane. Right beside it, the art museum Istanbul Modern, in the former Antrepo No. 4. The site of the Antrepo is a part of the İstanbul harbour, one of the busiest points of material trading and human contact in the world. Its geographic position is extremely crucial: it sits in the middle of the most important zone of geopolitical control, facing both the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn. |
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Feriköy Greek School
One of three sites of the 2009 İstanbul Biennial curated by What, How and for Whom/WHW. The exhibition is entitled 'What Keeps Mankind Alive?' |
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Tütün Deposu (Tobacco Warehouse)
One of three sites of the 2009 İstanbul Biennial curated by What, How and for Whom/WHW. The exhibition is entitled 'What Keeps Mankind Alive?' |
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