Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Works is the first Turkish museum covering the works of Turkish and Islamic art, as well as the last museum opened in the Ottoman Period. It was moved to Ibrahim Pasha Palace, which was repaired between 1983 and opened to visitors in 1983.

Ibrahim Pasha Palace (16th century.), which is located in the west of Sultan Ahmet Square, has been the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Works since 1983. It is the only private palace that has come to the present day except for the Sultan palaces. The structure raised on the belts surrounds the terrace in the middle from three sides. The first part of the museum is reached by stairs. Rare art works created in different countries of the Islamic world are exhibited in rooms and halls.

Umayyad, Abbasid, North Africa, Andalusia, Fatimi, Seljuk, Ayyubi, Ilhanli, Mamluk, Timurlu, Safavi states and various Caucasian countries, principalities and Ottoman period works in the time period dating from the earliest to the 20th century to the 20th century. Many departments can be a museum on its own.

The museum's ‘manuscripts’ section of the museum is home to 18 thousand 298. Stone and cooked soil, metal and ceramic objects exhibited are the most valuable examples of glassware.

The collection, which exhibits masterpiece examples of handcrafted Turkish carpets in the large glass part of large halls, is one of the richest collections in the world. The 13th century Seljuk carpets and other parts of the subsequent centuries were exhibited with care.

On the lower floor of the carpet section, there is the ‘Ethnography Department ğı where Turkish daily life and works of the last few centuries are exhibited.