Air Force Museum
Open since 1985, this museum has 12,000 square meters of open area and 3,000 square meters of closed area. Many planes used in Turkish Air Force history are displayed in the open area, including wartime jets, other war and cargo planes, helicopters, anti-aircraft artillery, missiles and radar. In the closed area are many precious objects from Turkish air force history.
Open daily between 08:00-17:00 except Mondays and Tuesdays.
Yesilkoy
Tel: (0212) 663 24 90

Military Museum
The Byzantine Church of St. Irene, which stands in the outer courtyard of Topkapi Palace, was used as an armory by the Janisseries right after the conquest.
The first military museum was located in this building in the 19th century. When World War II began, the objects were carried to Nigde in Central Anatolia for security reasons, and in 1955 were placed in the gymnasium of the War Academy.
After the academy building was restored and a new museum constructed, in 1993 the museum took its present shape.
Approximately 10,000 weapons and armors belonging to Turks and other nations are displayed in the museum. There are 17 different halls organized under the following categories: Weapons, Tents, Clothing, World War I, Republican Era, Canakkale Battles, War of Independence, Ataturk, and Martyrs. The Mehter band holds concerts there between 15.00 and 16.00 on the days when the museum is open to visitors.
Open daily between 09:00-17:00 except Mondays and Tuesdays.
Valikonagi Caddesi, Nisantasi
Tel: (0212) 232 1698 / 240 6255

Naval Museum
The Naval Museum and Library was founded by Admiral Huseyin Husnu Pasha in 1897 and opened in its first location in the Taskizak dockyards. When World War II began, the contents of the museum were transported to Konya in Central Anatolia in 1939 for security reasons, then brought back to Istanbul at the end of the war. In 1960 the museum was re-opened in its present location, the coachmen's quarters of Dolmabahçe Palace. This museum contains over 4,000 items, including boats from the Ottoman period, plates written by famous scribes on naval matters, flags, maps including the Piri Reis maps, and other objects from Turkish naval history.
Open daily between 09:00-17:00 except Monday and Tuesdays.
Besiktas
Tel: (0212) 261 0040