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THE SEALS OF SULTAN ABDÜLHAMIT II

DR. ZEYNEL ABIDIN ERDEM CONTINUES 
TO PROTECT THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ARTS OF TURKEY,
FOR A LIFE TIME.


THE SEALS OF SULTAN ABDÜLHAMİT II


SEAL OF SULTAN ABDULHAMIT II.On 7 April 1998, Dr. Zeynel Abidin ERDEM and his twin Brother Dr. Mehmet Nezih ERDEM bought Sultan II. Abdulhamid Han’s official seals he had used for 33 years at the auction in Paris. Turkey had a big examination on claiming Ottoman Heritage by attenting the auction, while we On celebrate the 700th anniversary of Ottoman Empire. The seals are presented to Topkapı Palace as a gift with a ceremony. 

On 24 April 1998 Topkapı Palace hosted a historical day. The palace began to host two valuable seals of II. Abdülhamit besides all other cultural treasures. During the ceremony the Culture Minister, İstemihan Talay stated that “we should embrace all our cultural values that past brought to us. By caring about our history Erdem Brothers played the biggest role in this special and splendid event. We will take care of all our cultural values coming from our history and at the same time we will be ready to race with the world at levels of culture and arts. By this way, we found our place in the world. Anatolia has been the mother of many great civilisations and Turkish Republic. “ President Süleyman Demirel sent messages to Erdem brothers to thank for their contribution.

EBRISTANBUL EXHIBITION


EBRISTANBUL EXHIBITION

My purpose for buying the “Ebristanbul” collection that I met while it was being exhibited in Washington DC, where I had been to in order to participate in the meetings of the Turkish-American Business Council on April 17, 2003, is to convey these works of art from the present to the future as a whole, and, by standing as the protector of an art and culture style arising from the lands of our Ancestors, to deliver them to our grandchildren as a whole.

I firmly believe that strengthening and encouraging the original Turkish arts that have first diminished and then tended to disappear as they proceeded from the past to the present, and making them known all around the world will be a great contribution to the Turkish art and culture. I will be greatly proud to donate this “Ebristanbul” collection, which consists of total of 138 pieces composed of very beautiful examples of the art of marbling that is one of the leading elements of the Turkish history, to a state museum and thus to see that they will be protected eternally.