HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Istanbul’s Memory: Districts, Buildings, and Daily Life
Historical photographs tracing Istanbul’s changing urban fabric, from districts and daily life to schools and waterfronts.Inside this collection
Cities, places and album subjects
Istanbul: General Views and Institutions473 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 ↗
Catalogue date · 1929Coin production at the Istanbul Mint
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1925Sandal Bedesten in the Grand Bazaar
41.0106, 28.9679
Date unknownOttoman Bank and Galata
41.0256, 28.9742
Date unknownFeriköy Fez Factory
41.0638, 28.9832
Date unknownSpinning mill
41.0412, 28.9458
Date unknownZeytinburnu Ironworks
40.9899, 28.9037
Date unknownMauser Cartridge Factory in Zeytinburnu
40.9899, 28.9037
Date unknownAcid and ether factories
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownIstanbul Shipyard
41.0064, 28.9759
1900–1914Street vendors in Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
1900–1914Street vendors in Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownKaraköy
41.0229, 28.9740
Date unknownThe Fourth Vakıf Han
41.0182, 28.9700
Date unknownA confectionery shop
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownAn itinerant liver seller
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1932Hafız Rıfat Bey delivering the first Turkish call to prayer from Fatih Mosque, 30 January 1932
41.0197, 28.9497
Date unknownMuezzins and reciters reading the Quran in Turkish
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownTurkish Quran recitation and call to prayer at Hagia Sophia
41.0083, 28.9800
Date unknownAn album view of the former Iranian cemetery in Üsküdar
41.0265, 29.0151
Date unknownA Ramadan drummer
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownThe courtyard of Eyüp Sultan Mosque
41.0412, 28.9458
Date unknownMuezzins and reciters reading the Quran and Mevlid in Turkish at Hagia Sophia
41.0083, 28.9800
Date unknownTurkish Quran recitation at Hagia Sophia
41.0083, 28.9800
Catalogue date · 1932Hafız Yaşar Okur reciting the Quran in Turkish, 22 January 1932
41.0064, 28.9759