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The Pera Museum was opened in 2005 by the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation in the Tepebaşı district of Istanbul. The historic building, originally constructed in 1893 by architect Achille Manoussos as the Bristol Hotel, was transformed into a modern museum through the restoration led by Mimar Sinan Genim and presented to art lovers under the banner of the Pera Museum.Since its founding, the Pera Museum has become one of Turkey’s leading cultural institutions not only through its permanent collecti

The Tortoise Trainer is a painting created by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1906. It is one of the artist’s most renowned works and is believed to offer an allegorical depiction of the modernization process of Ottoman society. Today, the painting is exhibited at the Pera Museum in Istanbul, Türkiye.Subject and CompositionThe painting depicts a man dressed in Ottoman-era attire, observing tortoises while holding a ney (a reed flute) in his hand and carrying a nakkare (a type of percussion instrument) on his