The Istanbul Toy Museum opened its first overseas exhibition in Germany…

Toys collected by Sunay Akın from all over Turkey over the years, reflecting Anatolian culture, were exhibited in Frankfurt-Bad Nauheim. In the exhibition organized in cooperation with the Istanbul Toy Museum and the Municipality of Bad Nauheim, in addition to cloth dolls, wire cars, and wooden animal figures collected from different geographical regions of Turkey and reflecting the folklore of those regions, there were also examples of Eyüp Toys (Hacivat/Karagöz figures, spinning tops, ferris wheels, acrobats, etc.) and examples of tin toys produced by our toy industry.

In the exhibition that brought our toy culture to Europe, photographs taken by photographer Akgün Akova in the regions where the exhibited toys originated, depicting the nature, history, and children of those regions, were also featured. The exhibition was designed by Ayhan Doğan, who also designed the Istanbul Toy Museum. The toys featured in the exhibition are a reflection of our cultural richness in the world of children. In the Turkey exhibition, our culture was conveyed to visitors through the language of toys, and the universal language of toys.