Initial and Current Museum Policies of Istanbul Archaeology Museum

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Founded in efforts of Westernization, in the most complicated occasions of the Empire politically and economically, Istanbul Archaeological Museum (IAM) was the to start with museum of the Ottoman Empire. As an imperial museum, IAM had different connotations for the West and the public, implying sovereignty of the state over the historical artifacts in its territory as effectively as underscoring ‘being modern' because of the collections. As the state's policy, regarding economic and political complications, both domestic and worldwide adjusted, so did the collection and rules of the museum. With the ending era of Osman Hamdi Bey, the museum had taken its present kind in respect of museum premises and strict  laws on historical artifacts  which were heading to be in practice for long time even soon after the stop of the Empire, had been enacted. As a result, the course of action amongst the establishment of IAM in a time when there was not even a nicely constituted policy on cultural situations and the ending of the era of Osman Hamdi Bey is aimed to be studied with references to the State's practices in respect of historical artifacts and implementations on IAM, whereby the museum policies of the time are aimed to be propounded.

 

Once the millennium, fashionable Turkey, in efforts of harmonization plan to the EU, has confronted a number of adjustments in the perception of the part of the state in tradition spot, which has been below the strict authority of the state. According to this, Turkey has adopted an solution, which suggests that the state will need to suppose a regulative, not determinative, role in respect of tradition policies. Upon the accession to power of AKP (Justice and Advancement Get together), several amendments to the legal framework ended up introduced as effectively as the enactment of a number of new rules. IAM has been experiencing some changes accordingly in administrative complications and a new technique to the museum's policy has been adopted. In this context, original and existing role of the museum for the state and men and women aimed to be studied.