Hilmi Nakipoğlu Camera Museum

The camera collection of Hilmi Nakipoğlu, a businessman with a passion to photography, was turned into a museum in 1997. It is located on the top floor of the Nefus Nakipoğlu School for Children with Intellectual Disability in Bakırköy district. The museum is the only museum of its kind in Turkey. Starting from the 1970s Hilmi Nakipoğlu has collected camera for more than 30 years which resulted with a amazing collection of more than 900 cameras, oldest of which dates from 1896, include portable and non-portable studio cameras, spy cameras, mini cameras, cameras that use Leica films, Polaroid cameras and many more. The museum also displays a collection of photos and camera accessories.