There will be a Social and Cultural Programme Desk at the Culture and Convention Center during the registration session (Wednesday 24, 13:00-14:30).
Welcome Reception
Wednesday 24 June 2015, 19:00-20:30 Rector’s Garden
ISCHE 37 Local Organising Committee cordially invites you to attend a welcome reception in honor of conference delegates in Rector’s Garden. See map1 (10)
Fire Tower Tour
Registration must be made during the registration session (Wednesday 24, 13:00-14:30) FOR Suleymaniye Complex Tour and Fire Tower Tour. Number of places limited Maximum 40 people can participate to the each tour.
Taking photographs from the Fire Tower. see map 1(14)
Fire Tower Tour will be organized in two sections
Saturday 27 June 2015 08:30-09:30
Tour meeting point: The participants should be at the Congress and Culture Center at 08:20
Saturday 27 June 2015 16:15-17:15
Tour meeting point: The participants should be at the Congress and Culture Center at 16:10
Beyazıt Fire Tower is located in the garden of Istanbul University and was used as a watch tower for sighting the outbreak of fires. Built of wood in 1749, it was damaged, paradoxically, by fire and then torn down. It was rebuilt in 1878 by the edict of Sultan Mahmud II. The architect was Senekerim Balyan. The 85 meter tower has a roof made of stone and a wooden staircase. It is still used as a watchtower today as well as for gathering meteorological data. You can take photos of Istanbul from different perspectives. The tour will be exhaustive, because the tower has 180 high steps and there is not any resting place. Despite of the mighty climbing, you will never regret. The final, top of the tower is fascinating.
Suleymaniye Complex Tour
Registration must be made during the registration session (Wednesday 24, 13:00-14:30) for Suleymaniye Complex Tour and Fire Tower Tour. Number of places limited Maximum 40 people can participate to the each tour.
Visit to the Suleymaniye Library and Mosque area. See map 1(13)
Suleymaniye Complex Tour will be organized in two sections
Thursday 25 June 2015 09:00-10:00
Tour meeting point: The participants should be at the Congress and Culture Center at 08:50
Friday 26 June 2015 09:00-10:00
Tour meeting point: The participants should be at the Congress and Culture Center at 08:50
The Suleymaniye Complex, consisting of a large number of courtyards and a caravansarai, was constructed on 1557 by Architect Sinan who was the grand old master of Ottoman architecture.
Suleymaniye Complex, which is one of the most beautiful works of Ottoman architecture, consists of buildings such as its mosque, madrasah, hamam (turkish baths), hospital, and tombs of Süleyman the Magnificent and his wife Hürrem Sultan.
Madrasah is used as the Suleymaniye Library and Presidency of Turkey Manuscripts Institution which keeps thousands manuscripts and print books generally belong to the Ottoman period. The library has about 131 collections which were devoted by the sultans, the the religous officials, the military judges, pashas, foundations, and special people. In the tour, the participants will be informed about these manuscripts’ topics, authors, when and where they were written, how they are categorized now and the method of their preservation. Also many manuscripts will be exhibited for you. You will be conceived the summary of the Ottoman Empire’s form of education thanks to the excursion.
Bosporus Boat Tour (extra charge)
Thursday 25 June 2015, 21:00-23:00
Privately hired cruise boat trip for ISCHE 2015 participants with a finger buffet and traditional Turkish drinks (Ottoman sherbet), beverage. The boat cruise departs at 21:00 on Thursday from Kabataş Dentur pier, returning at 23:00. Embarkation begins 15 minutes before departure.
Kabataş Dentur pier is next to Kabataş tram stop. Board the tram to Kabataş and get out at Kabataş (last stop).
(beforehand registration: number of places limited)
Conference Dinner (extra charge)
Friday 26 June 2015, 20:30-22:30
Hamdi Restaurant Pera
A matchless landscape of Istanbul, Galata, Eminonu, Sultanahmet, Bosphorus, etc…
Address: Refik Saydam cad. No:19 Tepebaşı- Beyoğlu, Istanbul, TURKEY (Roof of Radison Blue Hotel)
There will be free shuttle minibuses to the restaurant from Congress and Culture Center. Shuttle minibuses will depart at 20:15.
If you prefer to arrive by yourself, 100 metre walk from Şişhane Metro Station. We suggest our guests to take the Metro from Vezneciler Metro stop (only 5 minutes walk from Congress and Culture Center). Map and more information about the place is avaliable on the Hamdi Restaurant webpage (http://hamdi.com.tr/en/pera)
(beforehand registration: number of places limited)
