FESHANE & THE RAHMI KOC MUSEUM - ISTANBUL

FESHANE INTERNATIONAL FAIR CONGRESS AND CULTURE CENTER
The Feshane was a factory established to produce clothing and fez for he Ottoman army by the imperial decree of Sultan Abdulmecid in year 1835. This was Ottoman Turkey's first textile manufacturing plant and one of the first examples anywhere in the world of a steel construction. The building was assembled from component brought from Belgium in the year 1851. The factory was renovated in the year 1866 to become the most upto date weaving mill of its time. The fabrics woven at the Feshane were rewarded by numerous gold medals at the 3rd Paris Exposition held in 1855, at the Ottoman Exhibition held in istanbul in 1863 and at the 1893 Chicago Exhibition. The Factory was closed down in 1939 and used as a warehouse for many years. In 1986 the large weaving hall with an area of 8000 sqm. was authentically restored. Today the Feshane is operated by Beltur, the Metropolitan istanbul Education Tourism and Health Investments Operation and Trade Corporation. The Feshane is today available for fairs, conferences and exhibitions. The Feshane includes open air parking for 1200 vehicles, the Feshane Golden Horn Landing Stage and Feshane World Children's Entertainment Park.

THE RAHMI M. KOC MUSEUM
The Rahmi M. Koc Museum is the first major museum in Turkey dedicated to the history of transportation, industry and communications. Housed in magnificent buildings - themselves prime examples of industrial archaeology on the shore of the historic Golden Horn, the collection contains thousands of items from gramophone needles to full size ships and aircraft.The location is unrivalled romantic, historic, convenient to both the Old City and the new.
And the appeal is universal objects that affect our daily lives, created by talented engineers and craftsmen, encapsulating man's ingenuity and hard work yet at the same time exhibiting great beauty.