The collection includes notable examples of Islamic calligraphy, tiles, and rugs as well as ethnographic displays on various cultures in Turkey, particularly nomad groups.

[3] The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is culturally rich in various areas, including its location, as it sits across from the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul[4].

Along with the transition of society came its influence in exhibition spaces which shifted from representing the Ottoman Empire and more of the overall Islamic world.

[9] The Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum was the first museum in Turkey to include Islamic art together[10] The function of the beautiful building has varied from serving as a space for grand viziers, barracks, embassy palace, register office, Janissary band house, sewing workshop and prison.

[12] The collections major theme surrounds religious art history from the Ottoman Empire during the 20th century.

[14] The collection of artworks displayed are arts from the Islamic world that provide an ethnographic approach in the museum.