This is a directorate rather than a single building. The İstanbul Tombs Museum Directorate — Türbeler Müzesi — was founded on 15 February 1978 to run, under one administration, the tombs in İstanbul that belong to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
A hundred and twenty tombs come under it, among them those of Süleyman the Magnificent, Hürrem Sultan, Mehmed the Conqueror, Selim I and Eyüp Sultan. The office itself is at At Meydanı No. 1 in Sultanahmet, reached by the Kabataş–Bağcılar tram line.
Getting there
- Access
- Reached by the Kabataş–Bağcılar tram line.
When to go
- Climate
- Across İstanbul as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.8 °C in January to 24.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (99 mm) and lightest in July (22 mm). Long-term means for 1950-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
