Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts Restoration

The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts opened in 1914 in the imaret of the Süleymaniye Complex under the name Evkaf-ı İslâmiye Museum, gaining importance as the first Turkish museum to exhibit Turkish and Islamic art as a whole; in 1983 it moved into the restored Ibrahim Pasha Palace, where its collections were reorganized within a historic palace setting.

Repair, interior fit-out, exhibition, and infrastructure renewal works were delivered for the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts across multiple phases. Throughout the interventions, the operational needs of the museum were addressed while prioritizing preservation of the original structure and combining modern materials with contemporary implementation techniques.

The first phase in 2000 included roof repair and lead cladding, construction of a water reservoir, interior decoration of the administrative office, timber cladding to the exterior façade, reorganization of the inner courtyard and front garden, epoxy flooring to interior spaces, renewal of the electrical and transformer infrastructure, and the design and construction of visitor and staff restrooms. The 2002 phase delivered a new exhibition hall arrangement and fit-out together with the renewal of decorative painted works in the library. In 2007, the exhibition and display phase completed a new gallery arrangement, installation of an accessible lift, epoxy flooring works, fabrication of display cases, and installation of an electronic door system to prepare the museum for its renewed exhibition program.