Military Museum

Askeri Müze

Among the exhibition of this museum are five thousand pieces from the Ottoman era through WWII, with the most prominent piece possibly being the huge chain that the Byzantines stretched across the mouth of the Golden Horn to keep out the Sultan's navy in 1453 during the siege of Constantinople. In the yard of the museum, the Janissary Band (Mehter Takımı), the world’s oldest military band gives concerts of march music in traditional uniforms each afternoon, at 15:00.

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Address

Cumhuriyet Cd, Harbiye

Getting there

Osmanbey 600 m

Hours

Wed-Sun 09:00-17:00

Phone

+90 212 233 27 20

Website

askerimuze.msb.gov.tr (opens in a new tab)