Emirgan Archive
About the Archive
Emirgan, known as “Feridun Paşa Garden,” “Emirgûne Garden” and “Mirgün” during the Ottoman period, located between Boyacıköy and İstinye. Sultan Abdülhamid I (r. 1774-1789) built the Hamid-i Evvel Mosque with its fountain for his prince Mehmed who died at an early age, and his mother Hümâşah Hatun. Emirgan was established as a Bosphorus village. The neighborhood developed with the construction of seashore palaces over time, and gained a rich architectural and social identity. The Emirgan Archive, which began to be created on the tenth anniversary of the museum, brings together photographs and written documents from Emirgan and its surroundings from the end of the nineteenth century. The mosque, fountain and some historical buildings have survived, but many seashore mansions are no longer exist are in the photographs and postcards. Various documents such as birth and baptism certificates and flyers shed light on Emirgan's past and cultural diversity.
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