Istanbul Airport Museum Opened!

YUSUF ZENGİN

Turkey’s airport as a gateway to the world of being beyond culture and art space in the Istanbul Airport, the airport is a first in Turkey, the museum offered the service of passengers.

“Turkey’s Treasures; Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism, opened the Istanbul Airport Museum, which was put into service with the exhibition titled “Faces of the Throne”.

Unique architecture, strong infrastructure, superior technology and as well as the senior trip experience offered by a global transfer hub Istanbul Airport, offered Turkish culture of the world’s citizens realized a first in Turkey in order to introduce Istanbul to the services of Airport Museum of passengers.

Istanbul Airport took an important step to become the center of cultural and artistic activities, which are an important part of the travel experience, and became one of the important airports with museums after many world cities such as San Francisco, Amsterdam, Athens and Cairo.

The first exhibition at Istanbul Airport Museum: “Treasures of Turkey; Faces of the Throne ”

Istanbul will be the first visit at the Airport Museum exhibition “Treasures of Turkey; The first known peace treaty in the history of humanity in the collection of “The Faces of the Throne” presents many interesting works such as the “Kadesh Treaty” and the “Talisman Shirts / Caftans” belonging to the Ottoman Sultans.

The Istanbul Airport Museum, which includes an impressive place, different exhibition methods, works that combine technology and history, is a cultural and artistic work with its content that is not only among the airport museums but also with its applications that will make a sound in the field of museology in general, with its original design and fiction. is preparing to meet with.

In addition to being one of the largest indoor areas in the world among the airport museums, the Istanbul Airport Museum attracts attention with its unique collection offered to the passengers.

Foreigners will increase interest in Turkey …

Istanbul Airport, which stands out with its support for culture and art, increases its travel experience at the airport with its newly opened museum, while it is aimed to introduce Turkish culture and contribute to country tourism for every tourist coming to Istanbul.

Istanbul Airport Museum with the increase in interest in Turkey when targeting foreign passengers, is scheduled to meet passengers every year a different concept of the museum. There are also sections for children in the museum, where the works presented by Anatolian civilizations as a heritage to the world cultural history will take place. The museum also includes interactive games and applications that will allow children to discover the most valuable parts of our culture. The museum is also being made in the presentation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site located within 18 work in Turkey.

“We want Istanbul Airport to be a meeting point in every sense”

Kadri Samsunlu, İGA Airport Operations Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, who made evaluations regarding the opening of the Istanbul Airport Museum; “Airports have an important place in our lives as the first stops allowing people to discover new places. With this approach, we continue our work at Istanbul Airport with the goal of turning the time spent at the airport into a unique travel experience. Our aim is to get our passengers away from the stress of travel and have a nice and memorable travel experience by focusing on art and culture. “Turkey’s Treasures; Within the scope of the exhibition “Faces of the Throne”, works from prehistoric Göbeklitepe and Çatalhöyük periods and works belonging to Anatolian civilizations in the historical ages, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman and Republican periods are exhibited. An animation work featuring leaders and rulers representing 15 periods and periods that left their mark on history is also included in our museum. Some original artifacts that cannot be seen individually with this museum have been gathered under one roof. All passengers arriving in Turkey, will have the opportunity to see one of the important works in the history of our museum. We aim to make Istanbul Airport, which is the global transfer and meeting point of the world, to become a meeting point in every sense as well as culture and art fields. As an indicator of the importance we attach to culture and arts, we plan to contribute to our promotion of the country at the Istanbul Airport Museum. In particular, we can touch the foreign passengers who make transit flights from our airport with the cultural values ​​of our country, If we can ensure that they arrive in our country on their next flight, we will have made an important contribution to our country’s tourism. As I always underline; The beginning and the end of the work we do is human. Istanbul touched the people at the airport, we will continue to be supportive of each project will add value to Turkey. ” said.