The exhibition titled “Nuri Arlasez on the 25th Year of His Death: A Life Devoted to Manuscripts” organized by IRCICA and the Presidency of the Manuscripts Institution of Türkiye (TÜYEK) was opened with the addresses of the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Türkiye Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, the Governor of Istanbul Mr. Davut Gül, the Director General of IRCICA Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol Kılıç, and the President of TÜYEK Dr. Coşkun Yılmaz at Rami Library, Istanbul, on 1st September 2025. Following the opening attended by a wide cultural audience, the exhibition showcased 60 manuscripts out of a total of 329; Sultan Abdulhamid II’s collection of 30 manuscript translations of detective novels; 14 out of Arlasez’s collection of 350 calligraphy plates; and from IRCICA archive, letters from his correspondence with the historian Arnold Toynbee and 45 out of the 11065 photographs of Istanbul taken by Arlasez, given public view for the first time on this occasion.
