"Persian Art Sparkles at Istanbul Palace
By YIGAL SCHLEIFER
The entrance to the Iranian art exhibition at Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace.Yigal Schleifer The entrance to the Iranian art exhibition at Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace.
If you’ve always been interested in Persian history but a trip to Iran is not in the cards right now, a visit to Istanbul might be a good backup choice. Through Feb. 5, the museum at the city’s Topkapi Palace — former home of the Ottoman sultans — is hosting “Ten Thousand Years of Iran’s Civilization and Two Thousand Years of Joint Heritage,” an exhibition featuring some 150 objects from the National Museum of Iran, as well as pieces from Turkish museums."
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