Inspired by our “Memory of Human Kind: Stories from the Ottoman Manuscripts” exhibition, in collaboration with Trendeki Yabancı magazine we are publishing 6 stories…
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You can explore Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi’s remarkable collection at the Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi (1899 – 1984): Architectural Historian, Restorator, Collector exhibition. This time on the blog we take…
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The Renovation of Casa d’Italia, Tepebaşı As of 1919, the Italian government had begun to use the former Venetian Palace (Palazzo Venezia) and thus,…
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İstanbul Research Institute presents The Four-Legged Municipality: Street Dogs of İstanbul, an exhibition that sheds light upon the adventure of street dogs, an integral part of İstanbul’s daily…
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During the first half of the 19th century, few travelers put themselves in danger and opted for the land route to get from Western Europe…
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Ottoman Istanbul was one of the leading production centers of written culture for a wide region. Writers, copyists, binders, frame drawers, illuminators engaged in…
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Exhibitions
A Fin de Siècle Japanese Romantic in İstanbul
tarafından istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsüThe Japanese tourist visiting the Topkapı Palace may be struck by the presence of sixteenth century samurai armor and helmet, normally displayed there permanently. It was…
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Exhibitions
“Mindful Seed Speaking Soil” exhibition opening night
tarafından istanbul araştırmaları enstitüsüThe exhibition Mindful Seed Speaking Soil: Village Institutes of the Republic 1940-1954, organized by the collaborative efforts of the İstanbul Research Institute and İsmail Hakkı Tonguç…
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İstanbul Research Institute presents the exhibition “An Ottoman Building in the Early Republican Era: The Şişli Mosque” with a selection from Suna and İnan…
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A Universal Mystic at the Heart of Modernism Turgut Cansever (1920 – 2009) Turgut Cansever first spun the intellectual cocoon of his own conception…