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Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is a museum in in district of , which first opened in 1914 and in 1983 moved into the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, the second grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:30 PM
  • Email: contact@muze.gen.tr
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum of Islamic arts
  • Also known as: “Museum for turkish and islamic art” and “Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi”
  • Address: Atmeydanı Caddesi, Istanbul, Fatih
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Obelisk of Theodosius and Hippodrome of Constantinople.

Obelisk
The is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.

Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square.

Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
, officially the Grand Mosque, is a and former and church serving as a major cultural and historical site in , . is situated 490 metres northeast of Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Quarter
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is a quarter in district of . It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.

Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

Latitude
41.00628° or 41° 0′ 23″ north
Longitude
28.97492° or 28° 58′ 30″ east
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X4F+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5113500256
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
7522133
Wiki­data ID
Q525939
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الآثار الإسلامية التركي”
  • Arabic: “متحف الآثار الاسلامية التركي”
  • Arabic: “متحف الآثار التركية والإسلامية”
  • Arabic: “متحف الاثار الاسلامية التركي”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفنون الإسلامية والتركية”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفنون التركية و الإسلامية”
  • Arabic: “متحف الفنون التركية والإسلامية”
  • Arabic: “متحف دار الآثار التركية الإسلامية”
  • Armenian: “Թուրքական և իսլամական արվեստի թանգարան”
  • Belarusian: “Музей турэцкага і ісламскага мастацтва”
  • Bengali: “তুর্কি ও ইসলামি শিল্পকলা জাদুঘর”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Art Turc i Islàmic d’Istanbul”
  • Chinese: “1-12艺术博物馆”
  • Chinese: “土耳其伊斯蘭博物館”
  • Chinese: “土耳其和伊斯兰艺术博物馆”
  • Chinese: “土耳其和伊斯蘭藝術博物館”
  • Czech: “Muzeum tureckého a islámského umění”
  • Dutch: “Museum voor Turkse en Islamitische Kunst”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Turka kaj Islama Artoj”
  • French: “musée des Arts turcs et islamiques”
  • French: “Musée des Arts turcs et islamiques”
  • Georgian: “თურქული და ისლამური ხელოვნების მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museum für türkische und islamische Kunst”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון לאמנויות טורקיות ואיסלאמיות”
  • Hebrew: “‏מוזיאון האומנות הטורקית והאסלאמית”
  • Hindi: “तुर्क और इस्लामी कला संग्रहालय”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Seni Islam dan Turki”
  • Irish: “Músaem na nEalaíon Turcacha agus Ioslamacha”
  • Italian: “Museo di arte turca e islamica”
  • Japanese: “トルコ・イスラーム美術博物館”
  • Japanese: “トルコ・イスラム美術博物館”
  • Korean: “튀르키예와 이슬람 예술 박물관”
  • Macedonian: “Турски и исламски музеј на уметноста”
  • Persian: “موزه هنرهای ترکی و اسلامی”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Sztuki Tureckiej i Islamskiej w Stambule”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Turca e Islámica”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Turca e Islâmica”
  • Russian: “Музей турецкого и исламского искусства”
  • Serbian: “Музеј турске и исламске уметности”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej turške in islamske umetnosti”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte Turco e Islamico”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Arte Turco e Islámico”
  • Turkish: “tiem”
  • Turkish: “TİEM”
  • Turkish: “Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Türk ve İslâm Eserleri Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей турецкого и исламского искусства”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей турецького та ісламського мистецтва”
  • Urdu: “ترک اور اسلامی فنون عجائب گھر”
  • Urdu: “ترکی اور اسلامی فنون عجائب گھر”
  • Uzbek: “Turk va islom sanʼati muzeyi”
  • Uzbek: “Turk va islom sanʼati”

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