The Istanbul Research Institute Poster Collection is made up of a total of 408 vintage posters, 276 of them from the Republican Era and…

Excavating a World, Unearthing a World Halet Çambel (1916 – 2014) Plowing the land to sustain humankind; digging through fossilized strata to discover civilization.…

İstanbul Research Institute presents the exhibition “An Ottoman Building in the Early Republican Era: The Şişli Mosque” with a selection from Suna and İnan…

Chamber Talk Industrial Revolution in Daily Life: Society and Technology from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic Candan Sezgin Thursday 28th February During the…

An individual that speaks with his own voice and not the voice of others. An individual that cast asides the crutches and stands tall,…

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…

*This post is compiled from Prof. Dr. Cânâ Bilsel’s articles in the From the Capital of the Empire to the Modern City of the Republic:…

In the West-oriented educational setting of the 1920s, as part of the Ministry of Education’s initiative to send successful students abroad to help them…

On Thursday 12 April Chamber Talks moderator Haydar Ergülen welcomed an İstanbul classic, Selim İleri, as part of the İstanbul Literature series. Naturally, the topic of the discussion…

The exhibition “The Republic in İstanbul: Scenes from A Celebration“, which opened last week at the Istanbul Research Institute, focuses on Republic Day celebrations in…