The Istanbul Research Institute Poster Collection is made up of a total of 408 vintage posters, 276 of them from the Republican Era and…
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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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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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The 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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The 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies recently took place in Venice and Padua in August 2022. Its theme was “Byzantium – Bridge between…
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Focused on the Village Institutes as one of the most dramatic processes of evolution in the history of the Turkish Republic and organized by…
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Makbul – Maktul İbrahim Pasha and the Riddles of His Palace Prof. Nurhan Atasoy In her conference, Prof. Atasoy discussed Sultan Süleyman I’s famous…
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Gabriel Millet (1867–1953) established Byzantine art history and archaeology as an academic field in France at the turn of the twentieth century. Trained in…
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Universal Modernism for a Polyphonic Republic İlhan Usmanbaş (b.1921) 1950s’ modernism penetrated the universal culture fabric through the music of İlhan Usmanbaş. At this…
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I heaved a sigh of relief when the plane landed at the Venice Marco Polo Airport. Having thought I was never going to make…