Sakıp Sabancı Museum is Over a hill in Emirgan built in and around what was once the villa of Turkish Businessman Sakip Sabanci. It is hosting great exhibits like the Monet, or Picasso exhibits in Turkey and is attracting big crowds. The museum is free...More

This excellent museum is one of the few in the world that focuses on calligraphy. The calligraphic exhibits are well-organized. Besides providing examples of the many styles and ages of Arabic calligraphy, the exhibits show the tools of the calligrapher. Several videos show the process...More

I can't believe the 'terrible' comments from a reviewer from Chicago. I try to visit this museum everytime I am in Istanbul. If one goes on their web-site one can see the variety of past exhibitions and those on during one's own visit and decide...More

A place where you can both run away from the crowds and enjoy Bosphorus view at the same time. Sakıp Sabancı Museum is one of Istanbul's private fine-art museums. It is located in a historic villa with a great garden overlooking the Bosphorus in Emirgan....More

what a nice museum, i always loved to learn more about the place i visit and this one enlightened me a lot, worth another longer visit.

Very good display of Heinz Mack, the founder of the Zero group of German artists. particularly impressive in the garden the nine tall golden mosaic square columns. To notice a non satisfactory service in the restaurant on the beautiful terrace and not excellent quality of...More

A true gem, the viewitselfis worth the trip. Callifraphy and porcelain are the strong suit. Temp exhibitof Heinz Mack.

The utmost social ranking in Turkey is to have a museum to your name. One after having a university. Occasionally, curators bring respectable exhibitions. The so called Sabanci permanent collection is a windfall of one amazing purchase. However, too sophisticated for the average citizen, or...More

A very interesting collection of antiques collected all around Turkey, ranging form the iron age in the archeological section.

I loved the garden, and the modern art in general. But the arabic calligraphy section we liked the most in this museum.