Istanbul University State Conservatory

Its main building, situated in Kadıköy, is a historical market hall, with the ground floor currently functioning as an active theatre venue.

In 1914, Cemil Topuzlu embarked on an enterprise to establish the imperial school of drama and music, and French actor André Antoine was invited to Istanbul for this purpose.

They would materialise in New Year's Day 1917 as the Darülelhan (English: House of Melodies), a four-year academy that focused mainly on Turkish music.

Following the foundation of the Turkish Republic, Darülelhan would go on a period of restructuring, and would be renamed the Istanbul Conservatory, after the addition of a European-style music department.

[3] Among the notable alumni are Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Ali Güven, Ali İl, Alican Yücesoy, Aslı Yılmaz, Atılgan Gümüş, Aysun Metiner, Ayşen Çetiner, Ari Barokas, Boran Kuzum, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Buket Bengisu, Can Başak, Can Doğan, Caner Özyurtlu, Cemal Toktaş, Cenk Tunalı, Derya Kurtuluş, Doğan Duru, Engin Gürkey, Ferhat Göçer, Feyzan Soykan, Fikret Kuşkan, Fora Baltacıgil, Göktuğ Alpaşar, Gülen Karaman, Şencan Güleryüz, Güneş Berberoğlu, Güneş Duru, İpek Erdem, Jülide Kural, Kemal Kocatürk, Kosta Kortidis, Levent Yüksel, Memet Ali Alabora, Mine Tugay, Nejat Birecik, Nihal Yalçın, Okan Yalabık, Oktay Kaynarca, Olgun Şimşek, Peker Açıkalın, Selim Erdoğan, Serkan Ercan, Sevda Karababa, Sevgi Sakarya, Taner Ertürkler, Taner Ölmez, Tufan Karabulut, Uzay Heparı, Uğur Polat, Yeşim Alıç, Yeşim Koçak, Yıldız Asyalı, Sanem Çelik, Öykü Karayel, Özden Ayyıldız, Özge Borak and Özgü Namal.

The Haldun Taner Hall, constructed by the Italian architect Umberto Ferrari circa 1927, is the main building of the conservatory.
Ulvi Cemal Erkin , a member of the ' Turkish Five , became a faculty at the conservatory in 1923, at age 17.