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The Military Museum is located in Harbiye, Istanbul. During the last period of the Ottoman Empire, it is the site of the Ottoman Imperial Military Academy. It is composed of the historical buildings of“Military Museum & Culture Center” and “The Chief of Staff Military History and Strategic Research Ministry (ATASE).” The adjacent buildings were added to the main structure later.
The Military Museum, which presents a history of military change and development from the past to the present and showcases a wide-ranging collection of some 55,000 objects, including medals, military uniforms, flags, emblems, armoured shirts, shields, paintings, and various types of guns. The only 5000 objects are displayed for the visitors. At the lower floor of the museum, there are the Corner of Mehmet II and Sultan Selim I, The Hall of Firearms, The Hall of Cannon models, Atatürk classroom, The Hall of Janissary Band instruments, The Hall of Cutting Guns, The Hall of Horse Riding, The Publicity Room, Somalia-Bosnia-Kosovo and The Internal Security Hall, The Flags-Emblems Hall, The Corner of Marine, The Martyrs’ Gallery, The Tents’ Gallery, The Military Uniforms’ Hall. At the upper floor of the museum building there are The Hall of Etnographic Works, The Hall of Atatürk, The Hall of Armenian Issue with Documents, The Hall of Handwritten Manuscripts and Imperial Edicts-Certificates, The Corner of Sultan Selim III, The Hall of General Kenan Evren, The Hall of Gallipoli War, The Hall of World War I., The Hall of Second Constitutional Monarchy Period, The Hall of Korean and Cyprus War, The Hall of Chiefs of General Staff of Turkey, The Hall of Turkish War of Independence.
In the rich collection of Atatürk Museum, there are 14 swords owned by Suleiman the Magnificient as well as a headpiece of his horse. There are also embroidered banners belonging to the Mamluk sultans and Iran shas, the chain which was stretched across the mouth of the Golden Horn by the Byzantians during the conquest of Istanbul in 1453, swords belonging to Crusader soldiers, a rifle which caused the accidental injury of Sultan Mahmut II, and many other historical items belonging to Atatürk. Moreover, The Janissary Band, “Mehter Takımı,” the world’s oldest military band, gives concerts of traditional marching music in traditional uniforms each afternoon between 3:00 and 4:00 PM. A wide range of artistic activities performed in the Hasan Rıza Exhibtion Hall provide many events for the entertainment of its visitors.
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