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| Istanbul Military Museum |
Istanbul Military Museum is dedicated to one thousand years
of Turkish military history. It is
one of the leading museums of its kind in the world. The museum is open to the
public everyday except Mondays and Tuesdays.
The museum initially opened in Saint Irene
Church. Later in 1950, it was moved to the First Army Headquarters building in Cumhuriyet Caddesi, Harbiye, not far from Taksim Square in Istanbul. Harbiye district (an Ottoman derivation
from the Arabic word harb for warfare) was the site of the Ottoman imperial
military academy, the empire's "West Point" or "Sandhurst" and is still an important military
installation. A fine collection of historical weapons, uniforms and tools of
various periods of the army are on display. The highlights are the magnificent
campaign tents and standards. Outside the museum, interesting Ottoman cannons
and mortars, a rail gun, aircraft, helicopters are on display.
There is transportation from old city in Istanbul and you can visit Military Museum from
08:30 am till 17:00pm except saturday and sunday.
