Aviation Museum in Istanbul

Have you visited the Aviation Museum in Istanbul?

When talking about tourism in Turkey, Istanbul, as usual, comes on top of the most visited Turkish cities by tourists of different nationalities around the world, as its museums and historical sites receive nearly 40 million visitors each year in different seasons.

Today we will talk about a different type of museum in Istanbul, which is the Istanbul Aviation Museum

The Aviation Museum is located in the Yeşilköy area and is easily accessible by tramway from Sirkeci station. The museum is open to visitors on Mondays and Wednesdays during official working hours in the country.

The Aviation Museum or “Havacılık” was established in 1971, initially in Izmir, and due to the lack of visitors , it was closed and moved to Istanbul in 1985 AD.

The place was originally a military base, but it was converted into a historical aviation museum later run by the Turkish Air Force.

The museum has an area of 15,000 square meters, 3,000 square meters of closed space, and 12,000 square meters of open space.

It displays the tools and weapons of the Turkish Air Force since the Ottoman era, as well as the items of important personalities who worked within the Turkish Air Force throughout history.

The contents of the Aviation Museum in Istanbul

The museum includes various warplanes, helicopters, and weapons that were used by the Turkish Air Force, in addition to civil air transport vehicles, and many notes from the history of Turkish aviation.

Inside the museum hall, symbolic images belonging to the Turkish Air Force and medals of great commanders are displayed, as well as bronze medals for some officers and their biographies.