THE HAGIA SOPHIA IMARET / CARPET MUSEUM

Sultanahmet, Fatih - Istanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°00'31.6"N 28°58'51.5"E / 41.008778, 28.980972



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The imaret is a charitable institution built to meet the daily food needs of medrasah students, travelers and guests. The Hagia Sophia Imaret was built in Hegira 1152 (1742-1743) by Sultan Mahmut I on the northeastern side of Hagia Sophia. On the eastern side of the Imaret is the Bab-ı Hümâyun (Imperial Gate) of Topkapı Palace and on the southeastern side is the  Sultan Ahmet II Fountain. The building stretches adjacently to the northern façade of the Hagia Sophie mosque.

The Imaret consists of three sections - the dining hall (me’kel), the kitchen (aşhane) and the bakery (fodlahane). Its walls were built using alternating stone and brick. The long, narrow area extending westwards is the dining hall; the other two areas that follow are the kitchen and the bakery. The entrance is through doors that open out into the courtyard.

The completely detached three-story building has two gates - one at the front and another at the back. The most spectacular of these gates is the large monumental gate that faces the Ahmet III Fountain. The gate is one of the most beautiful examples of Baroque style in Istanbul.

Decorations under the eaves were replaced during a renovation. The sulus-style inscriptions on the gates of the imaret were made by Beşir Ağa a.k.a ‘Morali,’ who is referred to by his titles, Chief Harem Eunuch or Treasurer, and the poems were written by one of the poets of the era Nimetullah Effendi.

Standing between the imaret’s courtyard and Hagia Sophie is the Byzantine-constructed Skeuophylakion - the Treasury building. The İmaret building was restored in 1777, 1871, 1884 and 1893. After 1920, it served as the archive of the General Directorate of Foundations. A comprehensive restoration was carried out in 2006 and 2007, while museum merchandising work was conducted in 2010.

CARPET MUSEUM

Driven by its mission to make works of art that are Turkish cultural assets available to future generations, the Turkish Directorate General of Foundations opened the Carpet Museum on April 13, 1979 in the Sultan’s Pavilion of the Sultanahmet Mosque.

As part of the project of the General Directorate of Foundations to reorganize museums, it was decided to transform the Hagia Sophia Imaret into the Carpet Museum. Undergoing thorough renovation in 2006-2007, the museum was fitted with a state-of-the-art Museum Display System in 2010, and was reopened in 2013 as the Directorate of Foundations Carpet Museum.

Designed to preserve the works at the museum and make them accessible to future generations, the museum was equipped with a number of features. Wall-type modular display cabinets with laminated safety glass, UV and humidity control, and electronic doors that can be opened only with passwords, museum-compatible lighting, and humidity-control systems, air-conditioning and heating systems, and touch-screen interactive kiosks were installed.

Hagia Sophia Imaret was renovated in 1777, 1871, 1884 and in 1893 and after 1920, was first used as the archives of the Istanbul Directorate General of Foundations and then as a lead workshop.

The General Directorate of Foundations Carpet Museum, one, one of the richest carpet collections in the world, includes carpets having great historical and artistic value that were donated to mosques and mescids as part of old Islamic tradition. Carpets and rugs were donated to allow the donors or the deceased to acquire merit in the afterlife; therefore, such carpets and rugs, along with their refinement and aesthetic and artistic qualities are of special importance.

Carpets and prayer rugs woven with unique regional patterns between the 14th and 20th centuries in many weaving centers of Anatolia, as well as those from Iran and Caucasia, are in the carpet museum collection. The carpets selected from the rarest pieces in the museum collection are exhibited in the three galleries of the museum in chronological order and according to design group.

FIRST GALLERY: Carpets from the Beylikler/Principalities, and Early and Classical Ottoman eras.
SECOND GALLERY: Ottoman-era Central and Eastern Anatolian carpets and prayer rugs.
THIRD GALLERY: Ottoman-era large-sized Uşak (Ushak) carpets and pure prayer rugs.

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WEB SITE : Carpet Museum

MORE INFO & CONTACT
E-Mail : info@halimuzesi.com
Phone : +90 216 512 6993

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AYASOFYA HÜRREM SULTAN HAMAMI since 1557

Ayasofya, Fatih - İstanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°00'25.2"N 28°58'44.2"E / 41.007000, 28.978944



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Turkish bath between Hagia Sophia Museum and Blue Mosque in Istanbul was built by Mimar Sinan by order of Hürrem Sultan, wife of Süleyman the Magnificent, near Hagia Sophia in 16. century (1556 - 1557), at the location of historical Zeuksippos Baths that was destroyed in 532 year completely.

Hamam was repaired between 1957 - 1958 years and used as publicly owned carpet sales store until 2008.

Building is in shape of classical period Ottoman baths and is a kind of double bath with 75 m length. Women and men sections were built on the same axis in this bath for the first time, which was a new thing in Turkish Bath architecture.

Hagia Sophia Hürrem Sultan Bath which was commissioned in 2008 with build-operate-transfer model was restored according to original features by a huge investment. Hagia Sophia Hürrem Sultan Bath that preserved its unique structure for 450 years opened a new era in Turkish Bath architecture and has the title of being the first structure where women and men sections are on the same axis. Suüeyman the Magnificent had Mimar Sinan build the Turkish Bath in 1556 year.

Bath is showing differences from classical period Ottoman bath architecture with its double bath shape and 75 m. length. In Turkish bath where men coldness, warmness, hotness sections and women hotness, warmness and coldness sections follow each other; all domes are covered with lead. Restoration project of Hagia Sophia Hürrem Sultan Bath was carried out by Kocaeli University Faculty of Architecture, which is expert in historical building restoration.

No element of original bath architecture was sacrificed during the restoration process carried out with efforts of interdisciplinary teams consisting of academicians and professionals of their own fields, that lasted for months. Materials and technological systems that were used for the first time in Turkey were utilized for the works.

Bath Sections
Hagia Sophia Hürrem Sultan Bath, which is located between Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia Museum in the historical peninsula, the pearl of the world; spreads to an area of three decares with its bath, restaurant and cafe sections.

Opening - Closing Hours:
Summer Season : 07:00 - 00:00, Winter Season : 08:00 - 22:00

Coldness
In the coldness section there are VIP rooms, private rooms, 48 lockers, coiffeur, reception desk, massage rooms, resting area at terrace, vitamin bar and a boutique where products specially produced for Hagia Sophia Hurrem Sultan Bath are sold. In this place also known as undressing area, people can enjoy cheerful conversations or spend peaceful time under dome of 26 meters.

Warmness
It is the area where bath-glove services are offered after sweating in hotness section. In the same section there are toilets made of original Ottoman Stones and Stoke Hole section.

Hotness
This area is ideal for sweating and consists of navel stone, iwans and private rooms.  Temperature of private rooms that can be regarded as the steam rooms of today reach up to 50 degrees. For those guests who want to feel like the Magnificent or Hurrem, there is also bubble massage services in hotness section where sultan iwans are located.

Turkish bath tradition, representative of cleanness, healing, entertainment and social sharing for thousand years, has been reinterpreted at Hagia Sophia Hürrem Sultan Bath according to today’s understanding. This historical bath, which served sultans, is offering purifying power of water in a unique atmosphere covering both past and today for its visitors.

SERVICES
Prepare to be Born Again with Special Packages Worthy of Sultans.

Pir-i Pak (Full Cleaning Package) : Turkish Bath, traditional bath-glove application, relaxing bubble massage, head and neck massage, Ottoman sorbe

Zevk-i Sefa (Extravagant Pleasures)  : Bath, cleansing peeling application with redbud essence and humidifying body clay mask, aromatherapy massage in Sovereign or Sultan room with redbud essence oil, Ottoman sorbe.

Keyf-i Hamam (Pleasures of the Hamam) : Bath, traditional bath-glove and bubble application, aromatherapy massage in Sovereign or Sultan room with redbud essence oil, Ottoman sorbe.

Ab-ı Hayat (Elixir of life) : Bath, traditional bath-glove and bubble application in Sultan iwan, humidifying body clay mask with redbud essence, relaxing head and neck massage, fruits in palace bowl in sultan iwan. Aromatherapy massage in Sovereign or Sultan room with redbud essence oil. Turkish Delight, apricot, walnut, sorbe and tea.

Haseki Restoran & Cafe
Concept : Turkish Cuisine
Open Between : 08:00-22:00
Capacity : 450 People

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WEB SITE : Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamamı

MORE INFO & CONTACT
E-Mail : info@ayasofyahamami.com
Phone : +90 212 517 3535
Fax : +90 212 517 3536

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AYASOFYA SIBYAN MEKTEBİ

Sultanahmet, Fatih - İstanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°00'29.1"N 28°58'44.1"E / 41.008072, 28.978919



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The Elementary School in the southwest yard of Hagia Sophia has been built by Sultan Mahmud I in 1740. The building had been utilized as a school until the museum period. It had been utilized as the housing of the museum afterwards.

The Elementary School organized previously as the housing of Administration has been transformed into "Hagia Sophia Research and Documentation Unit and Photograph and Exhibition Hall of Elementary Schools" in December 2010 after maintenance and arrangement work by the resolution of Hagia Sophia Museum Administration. Actual meetings and conferences are realized in the center, the academic archive of Hagia Sophia Museum is going to be kept.

Announcements of activities like 'Hagia Sophia Conferences' realized in Information and Documentation Center constituted for providing resources for researches related to Hagia Sophia and surroundings and rendering public service with this aspec.

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WEB SITE : Hagia Sophia Research Documentation Unit and Photograph and Exhibition Hall of Elementary Schools

MORE INFO & CONTACT
Phone : +90 212 522 1750 / +90 212 522 0989
Fax : +90 212 512 5474

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