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Cankurtaran Mahallesi Mehmet Mimar Aga Cad. No:29/B Sultanahmet / Istanbul / TURKEY
Tel: +90212 518 68 21 - +90212 518 68 22
Fax: +90212 518 78 22
Member of TURSAB
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Turkish Travel Agencies
Licence No. A6250
Education Museum
Closed Day: Sunday
Area: Sultanahmet
City: Istanbul
Country: Turkey
Phone: (county code:+90 city code: 212 ) 516 06 88
This is the school where sword smiths were trained and the swords of the Ottoman Empire were made. As swords making workshop was established in 1454 after the conwestü of İstanbul upon the order of Gedik Ahmet Pasa, one of the viziers of Fatih Sultan Mehmet. The Grand VizierMehmet Pasa turned the building in to sewing workshop during the reign of I. Mahmut ( 1730 - 1754) The swords making workshop was established again during the reign of III. Selim (1789 - 1807) and survived until 1868. The workshop was closed down when a School of Industry was opened in this building and surrounding buildings upon the order of Mithat Pasa.
The blacsboard on which Atatürk first wrote the Turkish letters pictures relating to the period before the Republic school identification books diplomas from various periods, ration books registry books, documentds relatings schools newspaper clippings, madals and education media are exhibited in this museum.