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 · 1900Shah Mozaffar ad-Din entering Hagia Sophia's courtyard during his 1900 visit
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Catalogue date · 1885King Oscar II, Queen Sophie and Prince Eugen visiting Istanbul in 1885
41.0546, 29.0282
Date unknownWilhelm II and Empress Auguste Victoria visiting Eyüp
41.0478, 28.9327
Date unknownThe French Embassy in Pera
41.0284, 28.9737
Date unknownThe German Embassy in Pera
41.0284, 28.9737
Date unknownIstanbul's city walls in the early twentieth century
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Date unknownThe Bosphorus
41.0849, 29.0567
Date unknownAdnan Menderes and his colleagues defending themselves at the Yassıada trials
40.8650, 28.9942
Date unknownAdnan Menderes and his colleagues defending themselves at the Yassıada trials
40.8650, 28.9942
Date unknownAdnan Menderes and his colleagues defending themselves at the Yassıada trials
40.8650, 28.9942
Date unknownDemonstrators after 27 May
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Date unknownA demonstration in Istanbul before 27 May
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Catalogue date · 1955Istanbul during the events of 6–7 September 1955
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Catalogue date · 1955Istanbul during the events of 6–7 September 1955
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Date unknownAtatürk's coffin being moved from Dolmabahçe Palace
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Date unknownAtatürk's coffin being carried out of the hall
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Date unknownAtatürk's coffin in the Ceremonial Hall of Dolmabahçe Palace
41.0391, 29.0003
Date unknownAtatürk announcing the alphabet reform and giving the first lesson at Gülhane Park
41.0122, 28.9784
Date unknownAtatürk aboard the Söğütlü yacht during his first visit to Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownAtatürk greeting the crowds on his first visit to Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1933Preparations for the Republic's tenth anniversary in Istanbul, 1933
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Date unknownOccupation forces in Istanbul
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Date unknownIstanbul
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Date unknownOccupation forces leaving Istanbul
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