Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

In 1914 it originally opened as the Museum of Islamic Endowments housed in the Süleymaniye Complex. Süleymaniye Complex, built by the great Turkish architect Sinan in the 16th century. Eventually, the museum renamed as the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum after the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 which shifted society with the status of the nation. Along with the transition of society came its influence in exhibition spaces which shifted from representing the Ottoman Empire and more of the overall Islamic world. As Ottoman museums emerged aligning with Turkish Nationalism Turkish society began adopting Western practices in art. In 1983 the museum moved to the İbrahim Pasha Palace. The well preserved building has architectural influences from the 16th century Ottoman civil architecture. The historic stone building was repaired between 1966- 1983. The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum was the first museum in Turkey to include Islamic art together The function of the beautiful building has varied from serving as a space for grand viziers, barracks, embassy palace, register office, Janissary band house, sewing workshop and prison. == Exhibitions ==

In January 2015 the museum closed for renovation and re-opened in April 2015 with new exhibits.'''''' The collection's major theme is religious art history from the Ottoman Empire during the 20th century.' It also exhibits works of art from the Ottoman Empire i'ncludes notable examples of Islamic calligraphy, tiles, and rugs as well as ethnographic displays on various cultures in Turkey, particularly nomad groups. These displays recreate rooms or dwellings from different time periods and regions. Current Today the museum contains some of the finest carpets from the Islamic world as well as over 17,000 manuscripts, 3,000 Qur’ans, and 250,000 early Qur’anic fragments from the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Its collection provide an ethnographic approach to the Islamic world. The exhibitions are structured by floor and center around themes; the first floor is dedicated to traditional Turkish life and the second floor is dedicated to Islamic art. ==See also==

Source: File:Hajj certificate, dated 602 AH or 1205 CE, Ayyubid period, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum.jpg|Pilgrimage proxy scroll, dated 1206. Ayyubid dynasty File:Turkish and Islamic Museum 7565.jpg|Doors of the Cizre Mosque (doorknob), beginning of the 13th century. Artuqid dynasty File:Figurative architectural piece Artukid dynasty 13th century.jpg|Figurative architectural fragment, 13th century. Artuqid dynasty File:Turkish and Islamic Museum 7572.jpg|Plaster relief, 13th-14th century. Sultanate of Rum File:Seljuq Rug from the Alaaddin Mosque in Konya (TIEM 681).jpg|Rug from the Alâeddin Mosque, 13th century File:Illuminated frontispiece from the Mamluk Qur'an (TIEM 450).jpg|Al-Nasir Muhammad Qur'an. Cairo, 1313–1314 File:Iznik pottery Miletus ware 15th century.jpg|Miletus ware, 15th century File:XV əsrə aid Osmanlı mehrab şamdanı.jpg|Mihrab candlestick made for sultan Bayezid II, c. 1488 File:Marble Cenotaph.JPG|Marble Cenotaph from the tomb of Özdemir Bey (d. 1493), Mamluk governor of Aleppo File:Page from the Qur'an manuscript (TIEM 402, f. 259b).jpg|Qur'an manuscript copied by Şeyh Hamdullah, dated April 1494 File:Uşak carpet (Bergama).jpg|Holbein carpet, Bergama region, 16th century File:Karahisari.jpg|Calligraphic album ('muraqqa') of Ahmed Karahisari. Istanbul, c. 1550 File:Endowment Charter ('Waqfiyya') of Haseki Hürrem Sultan (TIEM 2192).jpg|Endowment Charter ('Waqfiyya') of Haseki Hürrem Sultan. Istanbul, 1556–1557 File:Tile Panel with a Picture of the Ka'Ba - Ottoman Period.jpg|Tile Panel with a Picture of the Kaaba File:Zübtetü't Tevârîh.jpg|Manuscript of Zubdat al-Tawarikh. Istanbul, 1583 Hürrəm Sultana aid qızıl baş bəzəyi.jpg|Aigrette holder. Istanbul, 16th century File:Siyer-i Nebi - Aufbruch nach Uhud.jpg|Manuscript of Siyer-i Nebi. Istanbul, 17th century File:Ottoman qiblanuma 1738 CE, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Istanbul.jpg|Ottoman qiblanuma, portable astronomical instrument showing the direction to the Ka'ba. Istanbul, 1738 File:Tombac ewer.JPG|Ewer and basin set. Istanbul, 1870 ==References==