Military Museum (Askeri Muze),Harbiye,Istanbul

The Turkish Military Museum (Asker Müzesi) is located just north of Taksim, easily walkable. The military museum is an enormous 2 story building that houses countless military artifacts from Turkey's Byzantine and Ottoman past, as well as from the Republic. The top floor is a monument to the splendor of the Ottoman army. There are rooms full of armour, guns, swords, cavalry equipment, and a Turco-German friendship corner that commemorates the cooperation between the two during WWI. On the top floor there is also a room dedicated to Atatürk, as well as his old military school classroom. Also on the top floor is another of one of the most impressive sites, the giant chain that the Byzantines used to block off the Golden Horn during the Ottoman seige of Istanbul. The bottom floor contains an amazing display of captured flags from Italy, Britian, Byzantium, as well as others. There are also some of the imperial pavillions, as well as a giant wall in which are carved all the major battle of Turkish history, everything from Manzikiert, to the Seiges of Vienna, to Gallipoli. One of the main reasons to come to the military museum is to see a performance by the "mehter" who were the Ottoman military band, and supposedly the first military band in history. The band wears perfectly replicated uniforms, and plays the music exactly like it was over 5 centuries ago. The Asker Müzesi is definitely worth a trip for its historic value, because it is hardly crowded, and just because it so cheap. Although note that cameras require an extra fee.

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[billaire1]

How come they have Greek Artifacts at 3:57?

[izkormvach]

@billaire1 These artifacts are captured during Operation Atilla-codename for the turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.

[wiseguysdeniro]

hey what is the name of the song?

[izkormvach]

@wiseguysdeniro

Sounds Like A Melody

[wiseguysdeniro]

@izkormvach thanks greath video

[zaiux]

The music doesn't fit... but good video

[tmsods]

what are the rifles at 3:23 called?

[granskare]

it would have been nice to visit...I was there 1957 -1959 and for me then, it was culture shock...thanks for the vid!

[neronosman]

niiiice

[Broadsword255]

like your film !!!