Military Museum
The core part of the Military Museum which is located inside the Harbiye
Barracks are the display pieces brought from St. İrini. From the
conquest of Istanbul to the period of Sultan Ahmed the 3rd, all types of
weapons were preserved in St. İrini Church on the back part of St.
Sophia Mosque. This warehouse was designed to make it available for
public visiting by the order of Sultan Ahmed the 3rd in 1726. With the
break of World War II, it was moved to Niğde in 1940 for safety reasons.
After the war, these weapons were brought again to Istanbul Maçka Armory.
In 1955, the museum was relocated to where it is now, the gym of Harbiye
Barracks. The restoration of this building was completed in 1959 and it
was turned into a museum. However, the inadequate building was restored
again and was partly open to service in 1986, and the building as a
whole was finally opened to service in 1993.
The resourceful collection of the museum consists many interesting
pieces such as uniforms belonging every period of Ottoman army, various
weapons from bow and arrow to triggered guns, seals, armors, tent of the
sultan, sultan swords, flags, photos of ministers of defense, Byzantine
Cavalry Flag, various warfare pieces used from the Selcuk period to the
Republic period, the chain with which Byzantines closed the Golden Horn.
Address: Valikonağı Road, 80200 Nişantaşı –
Istanbul
Phone:+90 212 240 62 55
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FETHIYE
BODRUM
MARMARIS
ANTALYA
