Ankara Museums
THE MUSEUMS OF ANKARA Museums were founded in Ankara when the Republic was established. Ataturk, who attached great importance to the study of Turkish history, and to the gathering and classification of Turkish cultural and artistic works, first issued directives to establish a National Museum and a Hittite Museum in Ankara, and in 1925 construction […]
13th Century Cappadocia and Religious Centres Of Rocky Cappadocia
13th Century Cappadocia and Religious Centres Of Rocky Cappadocia, As mentioned before it is not possible to see any paintings of late 11th and 12th centuries. The religious centers were abandoned and only a certain degree of activity is seen at the beginning of the 13th century. Nearly 10% of the paintings are of this […]
Amasya Museum
AMASYA MUSEUM, The Amasya Museum was first established as a storage place in the Beyazit Medrese in 1926, and in 1961 was moved to its present location in the Gok Medrese Mosque, and opened to the public. The Seljuk period Gok Medrese Mosque was built under the orders of the Governor of Amasya, Seyfeddin Turumtay […]
THE MUSEUMS OF AFYON
The Museums of Afyon The Afyon Museum was first established in the Gedik Ahmet Pasha Medrese, the gathering of objects from Afyon and its surroundings beginning in 1931, and the museum was opened to the public in 1933. In 1937 the Kusura Room of the museum was opened and in 1948 the Ethnographic Room. Every […]
The Old Adana House in Adana Regional Museum
The Old Adana House in Adana Regional Museum, In the summer stone objects from the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods are displayed in the garden of the museum together with a nomad tent. Among the unique works in the Adana Regional Museum are a statute of a God wearing a pointed hat made of natural crystal, […]
The Museums of Adana City
The Museums of Adana, Adana Museum was first founded in 1924 in the Cafer Pasha Medresesi and contained works from the Ottoman period found in Adana. When this building became too small to hold all the objects that were stored and displayed there, the museum moved to the Church in the neighborhood of Kurukopru, and […]
The Period of the Republic of Turkey – Chapter 2
The Period of the Republic of Turkey – Chapter 2 These works include those in places like Topkapi Palace and the Konya Mevlana Museum which was turned into museums together with the objects inside them, those obtained from the General Directorate of Trusts, and those from archaeological excavations and donations. In recent years museums have […]
Byzantine Art In The 11th-Century of Cappadocia
Byzantine Art In The 11th-Century of Cappadocia, We can use the term “11th century Cappadocian Art” interchangeably with Byzantine art. 25% of the existing churches have paintings of this style. Monasticism was spreading fast in the 11th century. Some of the paintings were made by master painters according to the wishes of some rich officials […]
The Period of the Republic of Turkey
The Period of the Republic of Turkey After the announcement of the Republic, a constructive, exciting period “began for Turkish museums. In 1924 it was decided to repair The Period of the Republic: After the announcement of the Republic, a constructive, exciting period “began for Turkish museums. In 1924 it was decided to repair Topkapi […]
Museums of Turkey
Turkey Museums, The first museum in Turkey was established in the middle of the XIX Century. Until then old and valuable Ottoman works of art had been kept in the Enderun Hazinesi and the Religious Relics in the Hirka-i Serif Rooms at Topkapi Palace. In 1846 the Imperial Marshal of the Arsenal, Ahmet Fethi Pasha, […]
