Turkish islamic arts museum

What’s inside The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

The museum houses a notable collection of carpets from the Islamic world, along with more than 17,000 manuscripts, 3,000 Qurans, and 250,000 early Quranic fragments from the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, among other valuable artifacts. The artworks on display provide an ethnographic perspective of Islamic culture. The exhibitions are organized by theme, with the first floor dedicated to Traditional Turkish life and the second floor focused on Islamic art.

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Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
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  1. Introduction
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  2. About the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum; Then and Now
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  3. What’s inside The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
  4. Damascus Papers (Early Islamic Period)
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  5. Cizre Ulu Mosque Door Wings and Knocker (Artuklu Period, 13th Century)
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  6. Double Column (Ayyubid Period, 13th Century)
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  7. Hanging Incense Burner (Great Seljuk Period, Afghanistan, Late 12th Century - Early 13th Century)
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  8. Hanging Lamp (Mamluk Period, Second Half of the 14th Century)
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  9. Silver Incense Burner (Ottoman Period)
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  10. Conclusion
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