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Rahmi M. Koç Industrial Museum, Istanbul

This is a typical industry museum which showcases evolution of machines.

This is a typical industry museum which showcases evolution of machines. Many transport related items including a submarine, classic cars, railway carriages, an out-of-service Bosphorus ferry and a Douglas DC-3 aircraft (possible to go inside) is, among others, in the display. Also houses a typical Istanbul streetscape with its shops and all as how it would look like in the past.


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About Rahmi M. Koç Industrial Museum

 Hasköy Caddesi 27, Hasköy

 +90 212 256 71

 www.rmk-museum.org.tr

Rahmi M. Koç Industrial Museum and Nearby Sights on Map

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Feshane

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Patriarchate of Constantinople

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Eyüp Mosque Complex

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Chora Church

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Santral İstanbul

A contemporary art museum located in a building converted from an old power plant (first such plant in Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire)

Fatih

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S. Antonio di Padova Catholic Church

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