TGC Press Media Museum
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TGC Press Media Museum in Istanbul.
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 Location of TGC Press Media Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
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| Established | May 9, 1988 |
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| Location | Divanyolu Cad. 76 34122 Çemberlitaş, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 41°00′30″N 28°58′20″E / 41.00844°N 28.97211°E |
| Type | Media museum, technology museum |
| Owner | Turkish Journalists' Association |
| Public transit access | Tram line T1 |
The TGC Press Media Museum (Turkish: TGC Basın Müzesi), aka Istanbul Press Media Museum, is a history and technology museum dedicated to mass communication in Turkey featuring exhibitions about journalism. It is located in the Çemberlitaş neighborhood of Fatih district in İstanbul, Turkey. Established in 1988, it is owned and operated by the Journalists Association of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Gazeteciler Cemiyeti, TGC).
In 1983, the mayor of Istanbul, Abdullah Tırtıl, and the board of the Journalists Association of Turkey, led by its president Nezih Demirkent (1930-2001), agreed to establish a museum for the press media. The historical four-storey building, which housed some departments of the city's municipality from 1908 to 1983, was assigned for this purpose. After completion of restoration works between 1984 and 1988, the museum was opened on May 9, 1988.
The museum building, was commissioned by Ottoman Minister Saffet Pasha and designed by the Swiss architects Fossati brothers, Gaspare (1809-1883) and Giuseppe (1822-1891), in neoclassical architecture in 1865. It served as the headquarters of the Ottoman Ministry of General Education (Ottoman Turkish: Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti), and later for Istanbul University's predecessor Darülfünun. During the era of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876–1909), the building was used by the Censure Commission. In 1908, it was turned over to the municipality.
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