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İstanbul maps from 1422 to 1922 to be exhibited

An exhibition will showcase rare İstanbul maps created between 1422 and 1922 at the city’s Rahmi Koç Museum with an opening ceremony to be held on Jan. 19.

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Titled “İstanbul Haritaları 1422-1922” (İstanbul Maps 1422-1922), the exhibition displays a selection of maps featured in Ayşe Yetişkin Kubilay’s book of the same name, which will also be introduced at the ceremony.

The opening will be attended by writer and Topkapı Museum Director İlber Ortaylı, who was also a consultant for the book, and the book’s sponsor, the Ağaoğlu Group’s chairman, Ahmet Ağaoğlu. İstanbul Today’s Zaman

18 January 2010, Monday

 

   

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