Which Istanbul landmark opened first, the Rahmi M. Koç Museum or the Endem TV Tower?
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Rahmi M. Koç Museum The Rahmi M. Koç Museum is a private industrial museum in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to history of transport, industry and communications. Rahmi M. Koç, member of the wealthiest dynasty in Turkey and retired boss of the Koç Group, founded the museum in 1991, which was opened on December 13, 1994. The museum is located in the suburb of Hasköy on the north shore of the Golden Horn and situated in two historical buildings connected to each other. It is open to public every day except Monday. The museum's general manager is Ertuğrul Duru.
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Endem TV Tower Endem TV Tower is a TV tower in Beylikdüzü, Istanbul, Turkey. It was built between 1998 and 2002, and has a now closed revolving restaurant 154 m above ground, as well as an observation deck at 160 m . The total height of the tower si 257 m including the antenna.
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Samoothiri Tower Samoothiri Tower is a proposed multistorey tower located in the southern Indian city of Kozhikode. The tower will be built as the information centre for the tourism of Malabar. The tower will stand 62m tall when completed and will have a historic museum in the first two floors along with a viewing gallery on the 14th floor from which the panoramic views of the whole city can be enjoyed.
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Ethnography Museum of Ankara The Ethnography Museum of Ankara is a museum of ethnography dedicated to the cultures of Turkic civilizations. The building was designed by architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu and was built between 1925 and 1928. The museum temporarily hosted the sarcophagus of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from November 21, 1938 until November 10, 1953, during the period of the construction of Anıtkabir, its final resting place.
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4. Levent (Istanbul Metro) 4. Levent is an underground rapid transit station on the M2 line of the Istanbul Metro. It is located in northern Levent under Büyükdere Avenue in Şişli. The station opened on 16 September 2000 and is one of the original six stations of the M2 line. Between 2000 and 2009 4. Levent was the northern terminus of the line and the tracks north of the station would serve as storage tracks for rolling stock. Connections to İETT bus service are available as İETT operates a large bus hub next to the station. The newly built Istanbul Sapphire is situated next to the station and is the tallest building in Turkey, standing at a height of 261 m . 4. Levent has an island platform serviced by two tracks.
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Pera Museum Pera Museum (Turkish: "Pera Müzesi") is an art museum in the Tepebaşı quarter of the Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey, located at Meşrutiyet Avenue No. 65 (adjacent to İstiklal Avenue and in close proximity to Taksim Square.) It has a particular focus on Orientalism in 19th-century art.
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Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (Turkish: "" ) is a museum located in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Constructed in 1524, the building was formerly the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, who was the second grand vizier to Suleiman the Magnificent, and was once thought to have been the husband of the Sultan's sister, Hatice Sultan.
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List of Istanbul Metro stations The Istanbul Metro has 73 stations in operation on five metro lines. 54 are on the European side while 19 are on the Asian side. The first stations to open were "Aksaray", "Emniyet—Fatih", "Topkapı—Ulubatlı", "Bayrampaşa—Maltepe", "Sağmalcılar" and "Kocatepe" all which opened on 3 September 1989 on the M1. The system currently has 71 stations under construction and many more planned.
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Istanbul Tram Istanbul Tram is a modern tramway system on the European side of Istanbul, which first opened in 1992 as tramline T1 and being a part of Istanbul's public transport network. Tramline T4, which is actually more like a sort of Stadtbahn, opened in 2007. Tramlines T1 and T2 (which opened in 2006) were combined, and renamed as T1, in 2011.
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Mısır Apartment The Mısır Apartment or Mısır Apartmanı (Turkish for "Egypt Apartment") is a famed historical building on the renowned İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Over the years, the building has hosted numerous notables persons and businesses, including Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Lazzaro Franco, and Hüsamettin Cindoruk. It is considered one of the notable examples of Art Nouveau style architecture in Istanbul and was a popular spot for the high society of the city.
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Museum of Ottoman House The Museum of Ottoman House (Turkish: "Osmanlı Evi Müzesi" ) is a historic house museum in Bursa, Turkey.
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Port of Istanbul The Port of Istanbul is a passenger terminal for cruise liners, which is situated at Karaköy neighborhood of Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of two adjoining piers, the Galata Pier and the Salıpazarı Pier, extending from the Galata Bridge on the Golden Horn to Salıpazarı on the west coast of the Bosporus. It is owned and operated by the state-owned Turkish Maritime Lines (TDİ).
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Dolmabahçe Clock Tower Dolmabahçe Clock Tower (Turkish: "Dolmabahçe Saat Kulesi" ) is a clock tower situated outside Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The tower was ordered by Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II (1842–1918) and designed by the court architect Sarkis Balyan between 1890 and 1895.
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Historic Areas of Istanbul The Historic Areas of Istanbul is a group of sites in the capital district of Fatih in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. These areas were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.
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Kars Museum The Kars Museum was opened in 1963 in the Cathedral of Kars (now the Kümbet Mosque) of Kars, Turkey.
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Fatih Mosque, Durrës The Fatih Mosque () is a Cultural Monument of Albania, located in Durrës. It was built in 1502 and named after the Ottoman Turkish Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror "(Sulltan Mehmet Fatihu)". Closed by the Communist authorities, it became a cultural monument in 1973. Its minaret was torn down but rebuilt in a more simple style after the Communist dictatorship had ended.
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İstanbul Toy Museum The İstanbul Toy Museum (Turkish: "İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi" ) is a toy museum located in the Göztepe neighbourhood of Kadıköy district in İstanbul, Turkey.
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Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall The Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (Turkish: "Cemal Reşit Rey Konser Salonu" ) is a concert hall located in the Harbiye neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the country's major concert halls, being the first one designed for classical music. Named after the Turkish composer Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985), the hall is owned by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul and operated by its subsidiary, the Kültür company. Opened in March 1989, it has a seating capacity of 860.
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SantralIstanbul The SantralIstanbul (Turkish: "Santralİstanbul" ), opened in 2007, is an arts and cultural complex located at the upper end of Golden Horn in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, Turkey. The center, consisting of an energy museum, an amphitheater, concert halls and a public library, is situated within the Silahtarağa campus of Istanbul Bilgi University that was formerly the first power station of the Ottoman Empire.
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Dolmabahçe Palace Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: "Dolmabahçe Sarayı" , ] ) located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and 1909 to 1922 (Yıldız Palace was used in the interim).
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ITU Science Center Istanbul Technical University's Science Center, located in Taskisla campus in the district of Taksim, Istanbul, is a center which encourages children to interact with exhibits. It opened in November 2007. The exhibition contains exhibits related to mechanics, electricity and magnetism, mathematics, dna, space and general physics.
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Ese Kapi Mosque Ese Kapi Mosque (Turkish: "Ese Kapı Mescidi" , where "mescit" is the Turkish word for a small mosque), also "Isa Kapi Mosque", meaning in English "Mosque of the Gate of Jesus", was an Ottoman mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The building was originally a Byzantine Eastern Orthodox church of unknown dedication.