HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Sultanahmet and Topkapı Palace
Historical photographs tracing Istanbul’s changing urban fabric, from districts and daily life to schools and waterfronts.
Date unknownStudents of Hagia Sophia Madrasa
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Date unknownRepairs to the Walled Obelisk and Blue Mosque minarets
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Date unknownHistoric exhibits in the Tiled Pavilion
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Date unknownMuseum of Historic Costumes in the courtyard of İbrahim Paşa Palace
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Date unknownWeapons exhibition in Hagia Irene
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Date unknownWeapons exhibition in Hagia Irene
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Catalogue date · 1843Procession Pavilion of Topkapı Palace and the Sublime Porte
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Date unknownTurkish Quran recitation and call to prayer at Hagia Sophia
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Date unknownMuezzins and reciters reading the Quran and Mevlid in Turkish at Hagia Sophia
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Date unknownTurkish Quran recitation at Hagia Sophia
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Catalogue date · 1932Turkish Quran recitation ceremony at Sultanahmet Mosque, 1932
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Date unknownGümüşhanevî Dervish Lodge
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Catalogue date · 1912The 1912 İshakpaşa fire
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Catalogue date · 1912The 1912 İshakpaşa fire
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Catalogue date · 1912The 1912 İshakpaşa fire
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Catalogue date · 1912The 1912 İshakpaşa fire
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Date unknownThe Hippodrome, the Byzantine ceremonial square
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Date unknownHagia Sophia and its surroundings
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Catalogue date · 1900Shah Mozaffar ad-Din entering Hagia Sophia's courtyard during his 1900 visit
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Date unknownAtatürk announcing the alphabet reform and giving the first lesson at Gülhane Park
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Date unknownSultanahmet rally protesting the occupation of İzmir
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Date unknownOccupation warships at Sarayburnu
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Date unknownSultanahmet and Hagia Sophia
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Catalogue date · 1911Transfer of Alemdar Mustafa Paşa's grave to Zeyneb Sultan Mosque in 1911
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