Miniaturk

How long would it take you to go from Selimiye Mosque in Edirne to Ishak Pasha Palace in
Dogubeyazit? Or from Sumela Monastery in Trabzon to the Yivli Minaret in Antalya?

These are all places at opposite ends of Turkey. So, what would you say if we told you that you could see all of these in just a couple of hours?

And there's still more. On the same day you can see the house in Thessaloniki where Ataturk was born and you can see the Mescid-i Aksa in Jerusalem. Moreover, they are side by side. The Mausoleum of Mevlana in Konya, the Halikarnasus Mausoleum that is now in the British Museum, the Altar of Zeus found in the Pergamon Museum, Ataturk's Mausoleum, Suleymaniye Mosque, the ruins of Mount Nimrod can all be seen in one day. Miniaturk in istanbul is the place where you can see all of these.

This miniature city is an exhibition of miniature models that are taken from important historical Works found in Turkey. For example, in this park the cupolas of the Great Mosque in Bursa are at chest height. The minarets of Selimiye are two meters high; the incredibly long Lion's Road of the Anitkabir is only a few meters long. Everything has been made 25 times smaller. Even the human figures, the trees and the flowers...

In the first stage of Miniaturk, 105 works were chosen from among thousands of historical works; the criteria were the fame of the work, its being a representative of its era, what the structure is used for and the ability of the structure to be turned into a model. From the time of the ancient Romans and Byzantines to the Seljuks and Ottomans, every civilization that ruled over this land and left traces can be found in Miniaturk.

The total area of Miniaturk is 60,000 square meters, and it was completed in the shortest time, 22
months. Within the Miniaturk complex there is a restaurant, a cafeteria, a shopping centre, a cinema, an exhibition hall, a library, a blueprint archive, an open-air theatre and a children's park.