I closely witnessed the Village Institute movement during the years of my childhood and adolescence. I participated in some of the inspection journeys of my father, then-General…
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This rare book is the third edition of Ayşe Fahriye’s Ev Kadını (Housewife), originally published in 1882. The book was transcribed in 2002 by Leman Erdemli and…
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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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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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The 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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Following Mahmud II’s (r.1809-1839) abolishment of the Janissary Corps in 1826 and the allocation of the Residence of the Agha of the Janissaries to…
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İstanbul Research Institute launches its first online exhibit on Google’s Cultural Institute platform. The exhibit Cities of the Three Books is centred on the photograph album that once…
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The Ottoman administration’s initiatives -based on Western models- to “modernize” the traditional organic urban fabric which had developed in the Empire’s capital over the centuries can be…
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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…
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The exhibition Journey to the Center of the East 1850-1950: 100 Years of Travelers in İstanbul from Pierre de Gigord Collection, at the Istanbul Research…