HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Istanbul’s Memory
Historic photographs of Istanbul, from its neighbourhoods and daily life to schools and waterfronts.Inside this collection
Cities, places and album subjects
Istanbul: General Views and Institutions472 images ↗Beyazıt and Historic Bazaars47 images ↗Eminönü and Sirkeci58 images ↗People and Their Stories40 images ↗Sultanahmet and Topkapı Palace54 images ↗Aksaray, Topkapı and Yedikule28 images ↗Golden Horn and Eyüp29 images ↗Beyoğlu and Taksim48 images ↗Fatih and Saraçhane36 images ↗Galata and Karaköy69 images ↗Şişli and Harbiye37 images ↗Beşiktaş and Dolmabahçe37 images ↗Üsküdar and Beylerbeyi106 images ↗Scenes with Unconfirmed Locations17 images ↗Bosphorus Shores33 images ↗Ortaköy and Yıldız15 images ↗Bakırköy and Zeytinburnu18 images ↗Süleymaniye and Unkapanı19 images ↗Kadıköy and Haydarpaşa42 images ↗Tophane, Fındıklı and Kabataş11 images ↗Balat and Edirnekapı8 images ↗Princes’ Islands4 images ↗
An itinerant vendor in a mosque courtyard in Tophane
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Fatih Mosque in the early 1900s
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Döner in Istanbul, 1908
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Houses and children in Levent, 1960
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Wooden houses and gravestones in Üsküdar, 1960
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Ihlamur Pavilion in Beşiktaş in the early 1900s
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An elderly man in Merkezefendi Cemetery, 1962
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Hagia Sophia Mosque, September 1912
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A view of Istanbul
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Fatih Mosque, 1875
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Galata Bridge
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A bear-massage performance in Istanbul, 1969
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Küçük Ayasofya Camii Street, 1977
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Haydarpaşa station after a fire
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Restoration of a Blue Mosque minaret, 1935
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The hills above Rumelihisarı, 1960s
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Laylat al-Qadr at Hagia Sophia, 1932
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A tuna porter in Eminönü, 1933
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Turkish soldiers on Galata Bridge
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Children in Eyüp in the early 1900s
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A vendor selling watermelons from a horse cart in Istanbul, 1966
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Barbaros Boulevard viewed from Beşiktaş Pier Square, 1960
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The open-air prayer ground at Okmeydanı, 1940s
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Sunset over the Golden Horn, 1956
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