Beyoglu
General Information
District: Istanbul, State: Marmara Region, Turkey
Area: 0 km²
Languages Spoken: Turkish
Long Distance Code: (+90) 0212
Best Time to Visit: May to August
International Access: Istanbul Atatürk International Airport (IST)
The Rahmi M Koç Museum is the first major museum in Turkey dedicated to the history of Transport, Industry and Communications. Housed in magnificent buildings - themselves prime examples of industrial archaeology - on the shore of the historic Golden Horn, the collection contains thousands of items from gramophone needles to full size ships and aircraft.
The location is unrivalled - romantic, historic, convenient to both the Old City and the new. And the appeal is universal: objects that affect our daily lives, created by talented engineers and craftsmen, encapsulating man''''s ingenuity and hard work yet at the same time exhibiting great beauty.
Our museum educates, informs, and entertains tens of thousands of adults and children each year. Please do explore our website now for a taste of what we have on show… but better still, come and visit us soon!
To learn more about visiting the museum please view our Visiting page now: to explore some of our exhibits or discover the highlights of the collection go to our Exhibits section. Click here to find out more about our many opportunities for shopping and refreshment, or visit the Corporate & Commercial page for details of our facilities for events such as weddings, seminars, conferences, product launches.
Kids love our Hands-On gallery. Where else can you climb all over a vintage car, sit in the cockpit of a real plane and try the controls, or try real-life scientific experiments? And if that is not enough, come at the weekend and join some of our special activities (which now include the chance of a free train ride on a real railway along the shores of the Golden Horn), or let our resident science teacher explain basic scientific principles using our many experimental models…
When visiting, don''''t forget to take a break at the Museum Tearoom, Museum Shop, Barbarossa Pub, or Halat Restaurant. Decorated in the style of the Museum, and showing many items from our collection, they are open during normal opening hours, plus Halat and Barbarossa are open ''''till late every night except Monday. Suggestion: come late in the afternoon on a Saturday or Sunday, and then when the Museum closes at 7 o''''clock, drop into Barbarossa Pub for a drink before dinner on the shores of the Golden Horn at Halat Restaurant… perfect!
Closed On: Monday
Timings: 10:00-18:00
Remarks: Address: Rahmi M Koc Museum Hasköy Cad. No: 5 Hasköy 34445 - Istanbul Phone: +90 (212) 369 66 00-01-02 Fax: +90 (212) 369 66 06 Web: http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr
The location is unrivalled - romantic, historic, convenient to both the Old City and the new. And the appeal is universal: objects that affect our daily lives, created by talented engineers and craftsmen, encapsulating man''''s ingenuity and hard work yet at the same time exhibiting great beauty.
Our museum educates, informs, and entertains tens of thousands of adults and children each year. Please do explore our website now for a taste of what we have on show… but better still, come and visit us soon!
To learn more about visiting the museum please view our Visiting page now: to explore some of our exhibits or discover the highlights of the collection go to our Exhibits section. Click here to find out more about our many opportunities for shopping and refreshment, or visit the Corporate & Commercial page for details of our facilities for events such as weddings, seminars, conferences, product launches.
Kids love our Hands-On gallery. Where else can you climb all over a vintage car, sit in the cockpit of a real plane and try the controls, or try real-life scientific experiments? And if that is not enough, come at the weekend and join some of our special activities (which now include the chance of a free train ride on a real railway along the shores of the Golden Horn), or let our resident science teacher explain basic scientific principles using our many experimental models…
When visiting, don''''t forget to take a break at the Museum Tearoom, Museum Shop, Barbarossa Pub, or Halat Restaurant. Decorated in the style of the Museum, and showing many items from our collection, they are open during normal opening hours, plus Halat and Barbarossa are open ''''till late every night except Monday. Suggestion: come late in the afternoon on a Saturday or Sunday, and then when the Museum closes at 7 o''''clock, drop into Barbarossa Pub for a drink before dinner on the shores of the Golden Horn at Halat Restaurant… perfect!
Closed On: Monday
Timings: 10:00-18:00
Remarks: Address: Rahmi M Koc Museum Hasköy Cad. No: 5 Hasköy 34445 - Istanbul Phone: +90 (212) 369 66 00-01-02 Fax: +90 (212) 369 66 06 Web: http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr
Istanbul has a Maquette park which has began to operate as of April 23rd, 2003. The mini Turkey park called Miniaturk and have mini models of old ottoman architectural works in Turkey. On miniaturk Turkey''s rich historical and cultural heritage is being displayed with their maquettes.
If you plan a visit to Istanbul, this is a must see event, you should put in to your agenda. You can have snap to all main structures in Turkey in such a short time. On the park there are 105 models of architectural structures. 45 of them belongs to structures from Istanbul, another 45 structures from the rest of Turkey and some 15 models made by Turks that are on the borders of other countries. All maquette structures are 1/25 of their original size.
The park is located over on a 56-hectare area along the coast of the Golden Horn. Hagia Sophia, Aspendos Theater, Suleymaniye Mosque, Sumela Monastery, Fairy Chimneys, Mount Nemrud and the ancient city of Ephesus are some of those among the historical and cultural works of art in the park. There is also a small bridge which is copied from the Bosphorus bridge between Europe and Asia.
Timings: 09:00-19:00
Remarks: Address: Miniaturk-Minyatür Türkiye Parki Sütlüce Mahallesi, İmrahor Caddesi 34445 Sütlüce - Beyoglu / Istanbul Phone: +90 (212) 222 28 82 Fax: +90 (212) 222 21 06 Mail: info@miniaturk.com.tr
If you plan a visit to Istanbul, this is a must see event, you should put in to your agenda. You can have snap to all main structures in Turkey in such a short time. On the park there are 105 models of architectural structures. 45 of them belongs to structures from Istanbul, another 45 structures from the rest of Turkey and some 15 models made by Turks that are on the borders of other countries. All maquette structures are 1/25 of their original size.
The park is located over on a 56-hectare area along the coast of the Golden Horn. Hagia Sophia, Aspendos Theater, Suleymaniye Mosque, Sumela Monastery, Fairy Chimneys, Mount Nemrud and the ancient city of Ephesus are some of those among the historical and cultural works of art in the park. There is also a small bridge which is copied from the Bosphorus bridge between Europe and Asia.
Timings: 09:00-19:00
Remarks: Address: Miniaturk-Minyatür Türkiye Parki Sütlüce Mahallesi, İmrahor Caddesi 34445 Sütlüce - Beyoglu / Istanbul Phone: +90 (212) 222 28 82 Fax: +90 (212) 222 21 06 Mail: info@miniaturk.com.tr
n a city that prides itself on its history, Istanbul Modern is a refreshing alternative for those who want to see a piece of the ‘new Istanbul.’ Founded in 2004 and housing a decent collection from both Turkish and international artists, Istanbul’s largest contemporary art museum is the first of its kind in the city and is well worth a visit.
Istanbul Modern’s location along the banks of the Bosphorous inside old shipping containers makes for a cutting-edge break from the ancient mosque and scores of Nargile (Turkish water pipe) houses in Karakoy which line either side of the Museum.
Visitors to the Museum are greeted with a literal ceiling of books- Richard Wentworth''''s False Ceiling (1995-2005)- and can wander the first floor which is dedicated to a number of permanent exhibitions including those by Seker Ahmet Ali Pasa (1841-1907), Orhan Peker (1927-1978), Ismet Dogan (1957-), Omer Kalesi (1932-), Cihat Burak (1915-1994) , Ihsan Cemal Karaburçak (1897-1970), Avni Arbas (1919-2003), Sema Gürbüz (1960-) and Adnan Çoker (1927-). A number of temporary exhibits and permanent installations are situated downstairs. There is also a photography gallery, cinema hall, video art area and new media art area.
Signs are posted in Turkish and English and give a brief account of the artwork and its artist. If this doesn’t satisfy, free guided tours are available (Thursday – Sunday, 3pm & 5pm; must be reserved in advance by phone). For those who prefer to go at their own pace, audio guides are also available in Turkish and English.
Even the young ones are catered for at Istanbul Modern, with a designated interactive exhibition area and an education program for those aged between 6-12 years.
The Museum also boasts an arts library, gift shop and café/restaurant where visitors can enjoy a glass of wine or Turkish coffee while watching passing boats or see the sun set over the old town of Sultanahmet and the Asian side of Istanbul.
Temporary exhibitions change frequently, so it is highly recommended to check out Istanbul Modern Museum''''s website for the latest information.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 Thu 10:00-20:00
Remarks: Address: Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. Liman Isletmeleri Sahasi Antrepo 4, 34433 Karaköy - ISTANBUL Phone: +90 (212) 334 73 00 Fax: +90 (212) 243 4319
Istanbul Modern’s location along the banks of the Bosphorous inside old shipping containers makes for a cutting-edge break from the ancient mosque and scores of Nargile (Turkish water pipe) houses in Karakoy which line either side of the Museum.
Visitors to the Museum are greeted with a literal ceiling of books- Richard Wentworth''''s False Ceiling (1995-2005)- and can wander the first floor which is dedicated to a number of permanent exhibitions including those by Seker Ahmet Ali Pasa (1841-1907), Orhan Peker (1927-1978), Ismet Dogan (1957-), Omer Kalesi (1932-), Cihat Burak (1915-1994) , Ihsan Cemal Karaburçak (1897-1970), Avni Arbas (1919-2003), Sema Gürbüz (1960-) and Adnan Çoker (1927-). A number of temporary exhibits and permanent installations are situated downstairs. There is also a photography gallery, cinema hall, video art area and new media art area.
Signs are posted in Turkish and English and give a brief account of the artwork and its artist. If this doesn’t satisfy, free guided tours are available (Thursday – Sunday, 3pm & 5pm; must be reserved in advance by phone). For those who prefer to go at their own pace, audio guides are also available in Turkish and English.
Even the young ones are catered for at Istanbul Modern, with a designated interactive exhibition area and an education program for those aged between 6-12 years.
The Museum also boasts an arts library, gift shop and café/restaurant where visitors can enjoy a glass of wine or Turkish coffee while watching passing boats or see the sun set over the old town of Sultanahmet and the Asian side of Istanbul.
Temporary exhibitions change frequently, so it is highly recommended to check out Istanbul Modern Museum''''s website for the latest information.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 Thu 10:00-20:00
Remarks: Address: Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. Liman Isletmeleri Sahasi Antrepo 4, 34433 Karaköy - ISTANBUL Phone: +90 (212) 334 73 00 Fax: +90 (212) 243 4319
The building in the Voyvoda Street ( Bankalar Caddesi, banks street) in Karakoy, built by the renowned French-Turkish architect Alexander Vallaury in 1890 and used as the headquarters of the Ottoman Bank from its openning to service on May 27, 1892 until 1999, hosts today the Ottoman Bank Museum in addition to Karakoy branch of Garanti Bank and its area directorates on the ground floor, the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Center on the upper floors.
The objects and documents displayed in the museum provide an insight into the late Ottoman and early Republican period. The museum displays the economic, social and political environment of the times through market operations, bank branches, customer files and personnel files in a combination of both chronological and thematic approaches.
Four bank vaults, located at the center of the main exhibit hall, are used to display archival series such as stocks and bonds, accounting books, customer files, deposit cards, personnel files and photographs. The largest two-storied vault hosts the banknotes and silver coins issued between 1863 and 1914 together with the story, design, registration and samples of each.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: Tuesday-Saturday: 12.00 - 20.00 Sunday: 10.30 - 18.00
Remarks: Address: SALT Galata founded by Garanti Bankalar Caddesi 11 Karaköy 34420 Istanbul Turkey Phone: +90 212 334 22 00 Email: saltonline.org
The objects and documents displayed in the museum provide an insight into the late Ottoman and early Republican period. The museum displays the economic, social and political environment of the times through market operations, bank branches, customer files and personnel files in a combination of both chronological and thematic approaches.
Four bank vaults, located at the center of the main exhibit hall, are used to display archival series such as stocks and bonds, accounting books, customer files, deposit cards, personnel files and photographs. The largest two-storied vault hosts the banknotes and silver coins issued between 1863 and 1914 together with the story, design, registration and samples of each.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: Tuesday-Saturday: 12.00 - 20.00 Sunday: 10.30 - 18.00
Remarks: Address: SALT Galata founded by Garanti Bankalar Caddesi 11 Karaköy 34420 Istanbul Turkey Phone: +90 212 334 22 00 Email: saltonline.org
A CULTURAL ENDEAVOR OF THE SUNA AND INAN KIRAC FOUNDATION
The Pera Museum, which opened its doors in early June 2005, is the first step of a comprehensive cultural endeavor that the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation has launched at this distinguished venue in the city for the purpose of providing cultural service on a variety of levels. An historical structure which was originally constructed in 1893 by the architect Achille Manoussos in Tepebaşı (İstanbul''s most prestigious district in those days) and which was, until rather recently, known as the Bristol Hotel, was completely renovated to serve as a museum and cultural center for the project. Transformed into a fully-equipped modern museum, this venerable building is now serving the people of İstanbul once again.
The first and second floors of the Pera Museum house three permanent collections belonging to the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, with the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery on the second floor. The third, fourth, and fifth floors are devoted to multipurpose exhibition spaces. There is an auditorium and Pera Education room in the basement, and on the ground floor are the reception desk and Perakende-Artshop and Pera Café.
A large part of the first of the two museum floors above the ground floor displays choice examples from the foundation''s collection of Anatolian Weights and Measures for the benefit of those who are in love with history and archaeology. Made from many different materials using many different techniques, these objects show the development of the devices used to weigh and measure in Anatolia since the earliest times. In another wing on the same floor is the Foundation''s collection of Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics, whose strikingly beautiful pieces seek to shed new light on an area of creativity in our cultural history that is not very well known.
The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation''s collection of Orientalist art consists of more than three hundred paintings. This rich collection brings together important works by European artists inspired by the Ottoman world from the 17th century to the early 19th. This collection, which presents a vast visual panorama of the last two centuries of the Ottoman Empire, includes works by Osman Hamdi, regarded by art historians as the genre''s only "native Orientalist" and of course his most famous painting The Tortoise Trainer. Many paintings from the private collections of the late Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül have also entered the foundation''s permanent collection. It is planned to exhibit the collection in the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery dedicated to their name in a series of long-term thematic exhibitions. The first of these, which opened in early June 2005, is called "Portraits from the Empire" and consists of portraits of sultans, princes, and other members of the Ottoman imperial family as well as of foreign ambassadors together with other "portraits" in the general sense, showing people from many different periods and walks of life.
In addition to its function as a private museum in which to display the collection of the Foundation, the Pera Museum is also intended to provide the people of İstanbul with a broad range of cultural services as a modern cultural center located in a vibrant part of the city and equipped with multipurpose exhibition spaces, an auditorium and Pera Education room, and activity spaces for visitors.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-19:00 Sunday 12.00:18.00
Remarks: Address: Mesrutiyet Caddesi No.65 34443 Tepebasi - Beyoglu - Istanbul Phone: + 90 212 334 99 00 Fax: + 90 212 245 95 11 Email: info@peramuzesi.org.tr
The Pera Museum, which opened its doors in early June 2005, is the first step of a comprehensive cultural endeavor that the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation has launched at this distinguished venue in the city for the purpose of providing cultural service on a variety of levels. An historical structure which was originally constructed in 1893 by the architect Achille Manoussos in Tepebaşı (İstanbul''s most prestigious district in those days) and which was, until rather recently, known as the Bristol Hotel, was completely renovated to serve as a museum and cultural center for the project. Transformed into a fully-equipped modern museum, this venerable building is now serving the people of İstanbul once again.
The first and second floors of the Pera Museum house three permanent collections belonging to the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, with the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery on the second floor. The third, fourth, and fifth floors are devoted to multipurpose exhibition spaces. There is an auditorium and Pera Education room in the basement, and on the ground floor are the reception desk and Perakende-Artshop and Pera Café.
A large part of the first of the two museum floors above the ground floor displays choice examples from the foundation''s collection of Anatolian Weights and Measures for the benefit of those who are in love with history and archaeology. Made from many different materials using many different techniques, these objects show the development of the devices used to weigh and measure in Anatolia since the earliest times. In another wing on the same floor is the Foundation''s collection of Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics, whose strikingly beautiful pieces seek to shed new light on an area of creativity in our cultural history that is not very well known.
The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation''s collection of Orientalist art consists of more than three hundred paintings. This rich collection brings together important works by European artists inspired by the Ottoman world from the 17th century to the early 19th. This collection, which presents a vast visual panorama of the last two centuries of the Ottoman Empire, includes works by Osman Hamdi, regarded by art historians as the genre''s only "native Orientalist" and of course his most famous painting The Tortoise Trainer. Many paintings from the private collections of the late Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül have also entered the foundation''s permanent collection. It is planned to exhibit the collection in the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery dedicated to their name in a series of long-term thematic exhibitions. The first of these, which opened in early June 2005, is called "Portraits from the Empire" and consists of portraits of sultans, princes, and other members of the Ottoman imperial family as well as of foreign ambassadors together with other "portraits" in the general sense, showing people from many different periods and walks of life.
In addition to its function as a private museum in which to display the collection of the Foundation, the Pera Museum is also intended to provide the people of İstanbul with a broad range of cultural services as a modern cultural center located in a vibrant part of the city and equipped with multipurpose exhibition spaces, an auditorium and Pera Education room, and activity spaces for visitors.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-19:00 Sunday 12.00:18.00
Remarks: Address: Mesrutiyet Caddesi No.65 34443 Tepebasi - Beyoglu - Istanbul Phone: + 90 212 334 99 00 Fax: + 90 212 245 95 11 Email: info@peramuzesi.org.tr
The Galata Mevlevi Lodge (mevlevihane) or as it is also known the Kulekapı Mevlevi Lodge which is now serving as a museum, is one of the institutions which reflect the culture of the era in the best possible way. The Mevlevi Lodges which for centuries combined scholarship with music had a great influence on the Turkish culture. A great number of those people who came together in a Mevlevi Lodge environment were educated in various areas of fine arts and their names were remembered for a long time as far as science and scholarship was concerned. The Mevlevi Lodge which is located at the top of the steep street going down to Yüksekkaldırım is the oldest Mevlevi Lodge of İstanbul. It was built in 1491, on the hunting grounds of İskender Pasha who was a governor - general during the times of Sultan Bayezid. Its first master was Mehmet Mehmed Sema-i Çelebi. The building was struck by fire during the reign of Sultan Mustafa III. (1766) but was replaced by the existing Mevlevi Lodge by the same Sultan. In later years, the building underwent repairs during the reigns of Sultans Selim III, Mahmud II and Abdüllmecid. The institution which carried out its activities until 1925 was once more restored between the years 1967 - 1972. The Mevlevi Lodge which was built as a complex contained rooms and spaces for pray chanting, dervish cells, the quarters of the master (şeyh), special prayer (namaz) area for the Sultan, the section for the female members, library, fountain for the public, clock room, kitchen, mausoleums and an enclosed graveyard.
Semahane
(Ritual Prayer Hall) on the enterence door of this wood structured section there is the restoration statement of Sultan Abdülmecid dated 1853. The building has an octagonal plan and is a good sample of the baroque style of the 18th century. In this section Turkish musical instruments and works related to the Mevlevi culture are exhibited. In the upper section which is divided with wooden grills, the poems (divan) of the Classical Ottoman poets and manuscripts belonging to Şeyh Galib, İsmail Ankaravi, Esrar and Fasih Dedes and the poetess Leyla Hanım who were trained and educated at the Mevlevi Lodge are kept in chronological order. The quarters of the master (şeyh) and the special praying area for the Sultan are upstairs.
Dervish Cells
It is constructed with stone and consists of rooms in a row.
Mausoleums
Şeyh Galib Mausoleum; It was built by Halet Said Efendi at the beginning of the 19th century. It has a square plan. Mehmed Ruhi, Hüseyin, İsa Selim, Şarih-, İsmail Ankaravi who first annotated the Mesnevi and Şeyh Galib Efendi are buried here. Halet Said Efendi Mausoleum; It was built at the same time as the other mausoleum. Has a square plan. Inside, Şeyh Kudretullah, Ataullah Efendi, Halet Said Efendi and Emine Esma Hanım who is the wife of Ubeydullah Efendi are burried.
Fountain and the Clock Room
They are located to the right of the entrance. The masonary structure was built in the early 19th century.
Library
It was built by Halet Said Efendi. It is on the top floor of the special prayer place and contains 3455 volumes.
Treasury (Graveyard)
those who functioned as masters (şeyh) at the Mevlevi Lodge, their spouses, the "kudum" and "ney" playing musicians and poets who had "divans" (volume of collected poems) are burried here. The graves of Humbaracı Ahmed Pasha, İbrahim Müteeferrika who set up the first printing press in Turkey, the composer Vardakosta Seyyid Ahmet Ağa, Nayi Osman Dede, and the family members of Tepedelenli Ali Pasha are also here. The tomb stones are significant for their inscriptions and decorations.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: 09.30 - 17.00
Remarks: Address: Divan Edebiyatı Müzesi Müdürlüğü (Galata Mevlevihanesi) Galipdede Cad.No:15 Tünel-Beyoglu-Istanbul
Semahane
(Ritual Prayer Hall) on the enterence door of this wood structured section there is the restoration statement of Sultan Abdülmecid dated 1853. The building has an octagonal plan and is a good sample of the baroque style of the 18th century. In this section Turkish musical instruments and works related to the Mevlevi culture are exhibited. In the upper section which is divided with wooden grills, the poems (divan) of the Classical Ottoman poets and manuscripts belonging to Şeyh Galib, İsmail Ankaravi, Esrar and Fasih Dedes and the poetess Leyla Hanım who were trained and educated at the Mevlevi Lodge are kept in chronological order. The quarters of the master (şeyh) and the special praying area for the Sultan are upstairs.
Dervish Cells
It is constructed with stone and consists of rooms in a row.
Mausoleums
Şeyh Galib Mausoleum; It was built by Halet Said Efendi at the beginning of the 19th century. It has a square plan. Mehmed Ruhi, Hüseyin, İsa Selim, Şarih-, İsmail Ankaravi who first annotated the Mesnevi and Şeyh Galib Efendi are buried here. Halet Said Efendi Mausoleum; It was built at the same time as the other mausoleum. Has a square plan. Inside, Şeyh Kudretullah, Ataullah Efendi, Halet Said Efendi and Emine Esma Hanım who is the wife of Ubeydullah Efendi are burried.
Fountain and the Clock Room
They are located to the right of the entrance. The masonary structure was built in the early 19th century.
Library
It was built by Halet Said Efendi. It is on the top floor of the special prayer place and contains 3455 volumes.
Treasury (Graveyard)
those who functioned as masters (şeyh) at the Mevlevi Lodge, their spouses, the "kudum" and "ney" playing musicians and poets who had "divans" (volume of collected poems) are burried here. The graves of Humbaracı Ahmed Pasha, İbrahim Müteeferrika who set up the first printing press in Turkey, the composer Vardakosta Seyyid Ahmet Ağa, Nayi Osman Dede, and the family members of Tepedelenli Ali Pasha are also here. The tomb stones are significant for their inscriptions and decorations.
Closed On: Monday
Timings: 09.30 - 17.00
Remarks: Address: Divan Edebiyatı Müzesi Müdürlüğü (Galata Mevlevihanesi) Galipdede Cad.No:15 Tünel-Beyoglu-Istanbul
The Dogançay Museum, Turkey’s first modern art museum, officially opened its doors to the public in 2004. It is housed in a historic 150-year-old five-story building located in the heart of the bustling Beyoğlu district of Istanbul and provides a general overview of a small portion of the prolific oeuvre of Burhan Dogançay, one of Turkey’s leading artists. This mini-retrospective spans five decades of Dogançay’s artistic evolution starting with his early figurative paintings up to his wall-inspired works as well as photographs. One room of the museum showcases the work of his father, Adil Dogançay.
Since 2005, the Dogançay Museum, in cooperation with the Greater Istanbul Municipality and corporate sponsors, has organized and presented a juried elementary school art competition. Each year, an average of 7,000 students between the ages of eight and fourteen, from 1,500 schools, have submitted their applications for this event. First prizes have included a four-day trip to Paris in 2006 and a one-week trip to London in 2007. The Dogançay Museum is committed to continuing this annual competition, the goal of which is to promote education through art.
Adil Dogançay was born in Istanbul in 1900. An officer in the Turkish army, he was also a well-known painter. His works are predominantly impressionistic land and seascapes and still lifes in oil on canvas. Few of his paintings are dated; most of those on display in the museum were completed between 1940 and 1990, the year he died. As a topographer in the army, Adil traveled all over Anatolia, which gave him the opportunity to spend hours surrounded by nature. He produced most of his paintings outdoors, calling nature his “greatest teacher”.
Burhan Dogançay’s early artistic training was provided by his father and the well-known painter Arif Kaptan. During the early 1950’s Dogançay spent a significant part of his student years in Paris studying art at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere while simultaneously pursuing his studies in law and economics at the University of Paris. During this period he continued to paint regularly and to show his works in several group exhibitions, including joint exhibitions with his father at the Ankara Art Lovers Club. Following a brief career in the diplomatic service which brought him to New York City in 1962, Dogançay decided in 1964 to devote himself entirely to art and to make New York his permanent home. Since the opening of his museum, however, he has been dividing his time between New York, Istanbul, and the south of Turkey where he also maintains a studio in Turgutreis.
Burhan Dogançay is primarily known for a body of work that grew out of his fascination with urban walls. Spanning a period of almost fifty years, this preoccupation was inspired by his travels to more than 100 countries and has been consistently translated into paintings, graphics, Aubusson tapestries, sculptures and photographs. While urban walls are the recurring theme, the different styles in which they are rendered, vary greatly. Dogançay re-creates walls in different series, relating to doors, colors, graffiti-types or the objects which he incorporates in his works. With posters and objects gathered from walls forming the main ingredient for his work, it is only logical that Dogançay’s preferred medium has been predominantly ‘collage’ and to some extent ‘fumage’. In the 70’s and 80’s he gained notoriety with his interpretation of urban walls in his signature ribbons series, which in contrast to his collaged billboard works consist of clean paper strips and their calligraphically-shaped shadows. This series, which grew out of three-dimensional maquettes, later gave rise to alucobond-aluminum shadow sculptures. His collage and fumage works from the cones series form another easily recognizable style.
Urban walls have a special meaning for Dogançay: they serve as a testament to the passage of time, reflecting social, political and economic change. They also bear witness to the assault of the elements and to the markings left by people. This, according to Dogançay, is what makes urban walls monuments to the human experience and his oeuvre an archive of our time.
Timings: 10:00-18:00
Remarks: Address: Dogancay Museum, Balo Sokak No: 42, Beyoglu 34335 Istanbul, Phone: Tel: +90 212 244 77 70 – 71 Fax: +90 212 244 74 18
Since 2005, the Dogançay Museum, in cooperation with the Greater Istanbul Municipality and corporate sponsors, has organized and presented a juried elementary school art competition. Each year, an average of 7,000 students between the ages of eight and fourteen, from 1,500 schools, have submitted their applications for this event. First prizes have included a four-day trip to Paris in 2006 and a one-week trip to London in 2007. The Dogançay Museum is committed to continuing this annual competition, the goal of which is to promote education through art.
Adil Dogançay was born in Istanbul in 1900. An officer in the Turkish army, he was also a well-known painter. His works are predominantly impressionistic land and seascapes and still lifes in oil on canvas. Few of his paintings are dated; most of those on display in the museum were completed between 1940 and 1990, the year he died. As a topographer in the army, Adil traveled all over Anatolia, which gave him the opportunity to spend hours surrounded by nature. He produced most of his paintings outdoors, calling nature his “greatest teacher”.
Burhan Dogançay’s early artistic training was provided by his father and the well-known painter Arif Kaptan. During the early 1950’s Dogançay spent a significant part of his student years in Paris studying art at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere while simultaneously pursuing his studies in law and economics at the University of Paris. During this period he continued to paint regularly and to show his works in several group exhibitions, including joint exhibitions with his father at the Ankara Art Lovers Club. Following a brief career in the diplomatic service which brought him to New York City in 1962, Dogançay decided in 1964 to devote himself entirely to art and to make New York his permanent home. Since the opening of his museum, however, he has been dividing his time between New York, Istanbul, and the south of Turkey where he also maintains a studio in Turgutreis.
Burhan Dogançay is primarily known for a body of work that grew out of his fascination with urban walls. Spanning a period of almost fifty years, this preoccupation was inspired by his travels to more than 100 countries and has been consistently translated into paintings, graphics, Aubusson tapestries, sculptures and photographs. While urban walls are the recurring theme, the different styles in which they are rendered, vary greatly. Dogançay re-creates walls in different series, relating to doors, colors, graffiti-types or the objects which he incorporates in his works. With posters and objects gathered from walls forming the main ingredient for his work, it is only logical that Dogançay’s preferred medium has been predominantly ‘collage’ and to some extent ‘fumage’. In the 70’s and 80’s he gained notoriety with his interpretation of urban walls in his signature ribbons series, which in contrast to his collaged billboard works consist of clean paper strips and their calligraphically-shaped shadows. This series, which grew out of three-dimensional maquettes, later gave rise to alucobond-aluminum shadow sculptures. His collage and fumage works from the cones series form another easily recognizable style.
Urban walls have a special meaning for Dogançay: they serve as a testament to the passage of time, reflecting social, political and economic change. They also bear witness to the assault of the elements and to the markings left by people. This, according to Dogançay, is what makes urban walls monuments to the human experience and his oeuvre an archive of our time.
Timings: 10:00-18:00
Remarks: Address: Dogancay Museum, Balo Sokak No: 42, Beyoglu 34335 Istanbul, Phone: Tel: +90 212 244 77 70 – 71 Fax: +90 212 244 74 18