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	Topkapi (movie) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Topkapi is a 1964 heist film by directed by American Jules Dassin.
		A remake entitled The Topkapi Affair starring Pierce Brosnan has been announced and is scheduled for release in 2006.
		One of his potential victims, however, turns out to be a gentleman crook (Schell) planning to steal jewellery from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Topkapi_(movie) (495 words)

	Splendors of Topkapi, Palace of the Ottoman Sultans by Stanley Meisler
		Splendors of Topkapi, Palace of the Ottoman Sultans by Stanley Meisler
		Topkapi scholars do not know which furnishings fit which rooms of the palace, but the array of carpets and curtains and bedding and cushion covers and tiles in the exhibition offer a hint of the sumptuous life within the mysterious harem.
		The Topkapi Palace was abandoned in 1853 for the new Dolmabahce Palace.
	www.stanleymeisler.com /smithsonian/smithsonian-2000-02-topkapi.html (3675 words)

	Turkish Odyssey/Places of Interest/Marmara/Highlights of Ist. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Being close to the Topkapi Palace, Sultan Ahmet Mosque was regarded as the Supreme Imperial Mosque in Istanbul.
		Topkapi Palace, as well as being the imperial residence of the sultan, his court and harem, was also the seat of government for the Ottoman Empire, Divan.
		The Topkapi Dagger, a beautiful dagger ornamented with valuable emerald pieces was planned to be sent to Nadir Shah of Iran as a present, but when it was on the way it was heard that Nadir had been assassinated and so it was taken back to the palace treasury.
	www.turkishodyssey.com /places/marmara/marmara2.htm (5997 words)

	TurkTravel.net - Museums in Turkey, Turkey Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Topkapi Palace was the official residence of the Ottoman Sultans, starting with Fatih Sultan Mehmet until 1856, when Abdulmecid moved to the Dolmabahce palace, functioned as the administrative center of the state.
		At the end of the 19th century Archeology Museum and School of Fine Arts (now Oriental Works Museum) were built in the large garden which is to the northwest of the First Court.
		Topkapi Palace was converted to a museum in 1924.
	www.turktravel.net /historicplaces/museums/istanbul/topkapi.asp (1045 words)

	Topkapi Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Topkapi Palace, the imperial residence of the Ottoman Sultans for four centuries, lies at the tip of the headland at the mouth of the Bosphorus Strait.
		It is possible that the first builders of Topkapi Palace made use of existing foundations and retaining walls, hence the non-axial plan of the palace.Undoubtedly Topkapi involved a synthesis of Byzantine elements but what grew up on the peninsula by the Golden Horn cannot possibly be divorced from its predecessors in Ottoman history.
		Subsequently it became a military museum and is now a venue for classical concerts.A narrow lane leading down the hill from the church takes you to Gülhane Park which was once part of the palace gardens.
	www.sanalistanbul.com /virtualistanbul/Topkapi.htm (808 words)

	Istanbul Museums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Maritime Museum : The collection is divided into two buildlings: The one facing the water has seagoing vessels, and the one opposite the road has exhibits relating to maritime history of the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic.
		Naval Museum : The grand imperial caiques used by the sultans to cross the Bosphorus are among the many many other interesting exhibits of Ottoman naval history that can be seen at the Naval Museum located in the Besiktas district.
		Museum of Fine Arts This collection is in the east wing of Dolmabahce Palace, once the apartments of the heir to the throne.
	www.istanbulhotelreservations.com /istanbul/museums/index.shtml (729 words)

	Istanbul Museums, istanbul museums information, museums istanbul, istambul museums, estanbul museums, estambul museums, ...
		The museum, organized in and around the bank's safe room, draws on a wealth of information from the bank's archive to narrate the history of this institution, which operated as the central bank, bank of issue, and treasurer of the Ottoman Empire.
		The museum which was opened in 1952 in Ihlamur Summer Palace was first moved the Cadir Mansion in Yildiz Park in 1969 and then in 1983 to its present location in Gulhane Park where the Ferman of Period of Reforms were announced to public.
		Topkapi Palace was abandoned in the middle of 19th century and lost its significanc as the state center.
	www.obeliskhotel.com /guide/istanbul_museums.html (2699 words)

	Topkapi Palace, Treasures of Topkapi Palace, Topkapi Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Topkapi Palace contain many treasury areas where a glittering collection of treasures are kept.
		Topkapi Palace contains a collection of over 13000 miniatures and manuscripts; several examples of calligraphy such as the map of Piri Reis which is the oldest known map that includes the continent of America; the richest collection of Korans in the world which comprises texts of the Koran inscribed during the 7th - 19th centuries.
		There is a saying that: "The Koran was revealed in the Hijaz, recited in Cairo and inscribed in Istanbul." Calligraphy was used not only in manuscripts, but as architectural decoration, and some of the finest examples of Turkish calligraphy are to be found on inscription friezes on domes,walls,faience revetments and hanging panels and plaques.
	www.istanbulportal.com /istanbulportal/Topkapi_Palace_Collections.aspx (2314 words)

	Ottoman Empire: Flags in Topkapi Museum (Istanbul) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		During the 16th and the 17th centuries the Zulfikar flags were widespread in Ottoman army and numerous red Zulfikar flags left in the battles in Europe are shown in museums and one can even see a red, triangular Zulfikar flag in the Doge Palace in Venice.
		Items seen in an exhibition of the masterpieces of the Topkapi Museum (Istanbul) held in the Palace of Versailles (France), Summer 1999.
		It seems that one of the oldest flags belonging to that museum was used by Osman himself.
	flagquest.com /FOTW/flags/tr-topk.html (367 words)

	MUSEUMS IN TURKEY
		Museums are open to public on National Holidays and on the weekends They are closed on the first day of Religious Holidays till noon.
		Museums may be closed temporarily due to restoration and conservation processes.
		Museum of Underwater Archeology (Bodrum) » Bodrum Castle, or Castle of St. Peter in the harbor is a fine example of 15th-century crusader architecture, and has been converted into the Museum of Underwater Archeology, displaying artifacts dating as far back as the Bronze Age.
	www.turkeytravel.org /museums.html (422 words)

	Istanbul Museums
		Military Museum: The museum initially opened in Hagia Irene Church, later (1950) was moved to the 1 St Army Headquarters building in Harbiye.
		Municipality Museum: It is in the Gazenfer Aga Madrassah, underneath the Bozdogan aqueduct on the Ataturk Boulevard.
		Tanzimat (Reforms) Museum: It is situated in the Ihlamur Summerhouse in Besiktas.
	www.turizm.net /cities/istanbul/museums.html (754 words)

	Topkapi Museum
		Museum information links include an essay on the historical background of the Topkapi palace (which was both a center of administration and residence for the Ottoman dynasty) and an extensive bibliography of about 90 works on Topkapi (many in English)—indicating the importance of the palace itself.
		The Topkapi scroll is a 16th-century manual of architecture with detailed illustrations demonstrating many aspects and intricacies of embellishment in Islamic architecture, 20 of whose images are provided here.
		Such images of Islamic art from the Topkapi museum can not only bring to life periods of Ottoman history, but also the variety and brilliance of Islamic art, both of which are useful to the teaching of world history.
	chnm.gmu.edu /worldhistorysources/whmfinding.php?function=print&whmid=180&wwhrecord= (1012 words)

	Topkapi Palace - ExploreIstanbul.com
		After the construction of Topkapi Palace, the old palace became the abode of the members of the Sultan’s harem who had lost favour of the wives of previous sultans.
		Not long fater the conquest, Mehmet II began the construction of a new palace at Seraglio Point, wich became known as Topkapi Sarayi after a shore palace near the Cannon Gate (Topkapi.) of the sea walls.
		At the end of the terrace on the right, dominating the wiev of the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus is the Baghdad Pavilion, built after Murat IV’s second conquest and interior, decorative dome and vaults and mother of pearl inlayed doors are among the most striking of its elegant attributes.
	www.exploreistanbul.com /showarticle.asp?parentid=17 (1554 words)

	Istanbul Museums Mosques Palaces / Touristic places to see in Istanbul
		Museum of Divan Literature Istanbul is originally a Galat Mevlevihanesi - Whirling Dervish Hall and still preserved as such.
		Topkapi Palace Museum: When Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror took Istanbul in 1453, he first ordered the construction of a new palace for this new Ottoman capital, on a site in the district of Beyazit where Istanbul University stands today.
		Topkapi Palace was home to all the Ottoman sultans until the reign of Abdulmecid I (1839-1860), a period of nearly four centuries.
	www.galataantiquehotel.com /touristic.php (913 words)

	Museums In Istanbul - ExploreIstanbul.com
		The Museum of the Ancient Orient displays artifacts from the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hatti and Hittite civilizations.
		The Kariye Museum, the llth-century church of "St. Savior" in the Chora complex,is, after Hagia Sophia, the most important Byzantine monument in Istanbul.Unremarkable in its architecture, inside, the walls are decorated with 4th-century mosaics.
		Also within the gardens are the Yildiz Palace Theatre and the Museum of Historical Stage Costumes, with its richly decorated scenery and stage, and its exquisite costumes.
	www.exploreistanbul.com /showarticle.asp?parentid=3 (876 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This complex, known as Topkapi, overlooking both the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus was built soon after the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 and for over four centuries was the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire.
		After the restoration of various buildings within the complex of palaces, the richness of style used in the construction of the buildings and the precious works of art displayed there turned it into one of the leading museums of the world, and the palace was opened to the public.
		Among the six thousand works of art displayed in the museum there are crests, swords, shields, quivers belonging to Sultans, jade bowls, writing sets, sceptres, canes, jewelled daggers, oil lamps and hookahs or hubble-bubbles.
	www.byegm.gov.tr /yayinlarimiz/NEWSPOT/1998/Jan/N3.htm (1238 words)

	Hotels in Turkey \| Hotels in Istanbul \| Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters \| Archaeological Museum
		Founded as a museum during the Ottoman Period, then the imperial museum, the collection includes a number of findings from various parts of the Ottoman empire, including Mesopotamia, and in particular such monuments as the Alexander’s Tomb, the tomb of the Weeping Maidens and the Lycian Tomb found at Sayda in Syria in 1891.
		Originally the museum collection was exhibited in the Çinili Pavilion, an annex of the Topkapi Museum now in use as the museum of faience and ceramics and dating to the period of Mehmed II.
		In the Museum of the Ancient Near East, which stands opposite the main building, in the classical section housed in the main building and in the Çinili Pavilion.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml?id=24 (1876 words)

	Istanbul Photo Album 2004 - Day 4 - Topkapi Palace
		One of those pavilions was a shore palace that was known as the Topkapi shore palace, as it was situated near the cannon gate -Top Kapı- of the ancient walls of Istanbul.
		In 1924 the palace was reopened as a museum by Mustafa Kemal Atatü
		More about the history of the palace and its treasures can be found at the Topkapi Museum web-page.
	www.anatolia.luwo.be /Istanbul4b.htm (435 words)

	Palace of Gold & Light
		The museum's excellent presentation of the pieces, along with descriptive texts enabled me enjoy a leisurely study of each of the components of this exhibit.
		The 15th century Topkapi Palace stands high atop a bluff overlooking the southern end of the Bosphorus River, with panoramic views of Europe and Asia.
		A short film on the Topkapi Palace, which is included at the museum, offers those who have not visited the original home of this exhibit a more comprehensive view of its history.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/Issue51/51W.htm (650 words)

	Museum International: Archives
		A children's museum with an impressive urban outreach programme, the Philippines' Museo Pambata is above all a model of civic consciousness and pride.
		Cinthia Rajschmir was a member of the team that founded the Museo de los Niños: Abasto (Abasto Children's Museum) and participated in the development of the main theme, the pedagogical content and the basic materials used for the museum's design.
		She is currently engaged in research on the history of Argentine school museums as part of a project being carried out by the University of Buenos Aires.
	www.unesco.org /culture/museum/html_eng/mi205.shtml (1457 words)

	Splendors of Topkapi, Palace of the Ottoman Sultans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Splendors of Topkapi, Palace of the Ottoman Sultans
		From afar, the Topkapi is still a sterling sight — a walled array of domes and turrets and minaret-like chimneys and belvederes commanding the city from on high.
		A compound encompassing 173 acres of gardens, courtyards, workshops, kitchens, armories, baths, fountains, offices, halls and residential areas, the palace embodied the imperial might of the Ottoman Empire and manifested power through the inaccessibility of the sultan and his court.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues00/feb00/topkapi.html (331 words)

	Miniatures from the Topkapi Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Prior to the Turkish revolution in 1924, the Palace was the home to a community that provided all services necessary to everyday court life and ceremonial events: from mosques, schools, baths, workshops, studios, and libraries to the armory, mint, and treasury where the most precious objects were kept.
		The following items represent museum's outstanding group of Islamic miniature paintings, found in illustrated copies of classic works and as surviving fragments pasted or bound into albums in the former royal libraries.
		Topkapi's priceless collection encompasses not only Ottoman works but also those of many different dynasties and regions within the Islamic world, including Baghdad and Mosul in Mesopotamia (13th century); Il-Khanid Tabriz and Muzaffarid Shiraz (14th century); and Akkoyunlu Shiraz and Tabriz, Timurid Herat, and Safavid Shiraz and Tabriz (15th century).
	www.ee.bilkent.edu.tr /~history/topkapi1.html (287 words)

	Topkapi Manuscripts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		T he handwritten books that arrived at the Palace Treasury from all over the globe when the Ottoman Empire ruled the four corners of the earth are among the most valuable items in the Topkapi Palace Museum today.
		Manuscripts acquired by purchase and donation after the conversion to a museum are entered in the register as ‘Newly Arrived Manuscripts’.
		The palace collection of illuminated manuscripts produced for prominent patrons of art throughout the Islamic world during its history through gifts, plunders and purchases, was further enriched by works produced by palace artists, not to mention all the Ottoman sultans who devoted themselves to the art of the book.
	www.turkishculture.org /writing/Topkapi_manuscripts.html (592 words)

	James Bond in Turkey: Of Interest on your Travels to Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bond escaping from one building to another by sailing in the cistern (The Ottomans were actually offering boat rides in the cistern, as illustrated in a miniature).
		That is one of the most visited museum in all of Turkey.
		'Topkapi' movie, starring Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov (won his second Oscar for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role), Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley from 1964 is about this dagger stolen from Topkapi Palace.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Turkey/OfInterest/turkey-interest-bond.html (953 words)

	Topkapi Palace - Istanbul
		Due to the film, “TOPKAPI”, this dagger has become world famous, a gift to the Persian King Nadir Shah, However, with the killing of the Shah in an uprising, the dagger was returned to the treasury in Istanbul.
		The throne is of gold, decorated in precious stones, and its use was such a tradition in the empire that it was moved from Topkapi to the Dolmabahce Palace for use in holiday audiences with the sultan.
		As we leave this magnificent treasury, we pass along the from of the museum’s administrative offices to the Portrait and Miniature Exhibit Hal.
	www.itw.com.tr /html/topkapi.html (6076 words)

	ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (20041124) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Danish art museum Ordrupgaard in Copenhagen announced that Gauguin’s son, Jean, modeled the bust, which was used as a Christmas decoration in the house of a family living in Seeland Island for many years.
		Although the Archeology Museum is situated in the same neighborhood as Topkapi and Haghia Sophia, which receive 8 million visitors each year, it receives only 447,000 visitors a year.
		The Museum’s officials strive to attract the Turkish citizens who prefer visiting Topkapi Palace, which governed the Ottoman State for centuries and Hagia Sophia, the symbol of Istanbul’s conquest, rather than the “aristocratic” and “elite” Archeology Museum.
	www.zaman.com /?bl=culture&trh=20041124&alt=&syf=butun (2022 words)

	istanbul city information,Istanbul Bosphorus ,Info Istanbul Bosphorus ,istanbul map,istanbul city,sultanahmet,info ...
		The Basilica of St. Sophia, now called the Ayasofya Museum, is unquestionably one of the finest buildings of all time.Built by Constantine the Great and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, its immense dome rises 55 meters above the ground and its diameter spans 31 meters.
		The first jlooy and the annex of the museum is open to the public, displaying a selection of the 60,000 Greco- Roman and Neay Eastern antiquities in the collection, including moye than 75,000 inscribed clay tablets.
		This is the only museum of calligraphy in the world.
	www.tourstravelturkey.com /istanbul.htm (1691 words)

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