The history of the Marmara University Cumhuriyet Museum Original Print Collection goes back to the “Contemporary Turkish Etching” exhibition organised for the 50th year celebrations of the Turkish Republic. The exhibition, consisting of 116 works by 28 artists was curated by Prof. Mustafa Aslıer and shown in various cities in Turkey and abroad.

Afterwards, the Works on show were granted to the Stade School of applied Arts, and it is these works that from the core of the collection. In 1998, the collection was enriched through new grants sommoned by Prof. Hüsamettin Koçan, Dean of the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts (the old SSOAA). In 1999, the collection, in an exhibition titled “Exhibition Dreaming of İts Museum” was first shown in İstanbul then traveled, within the Project “Art-Truck” 3636 km in Turkey and visited Diyarbakır, Van, Erzurum and Bayburt.

The idea to turn the Sultanahmet building into a cultural centre and a museum was first initiated during Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk Batırel’s rectorship and planned by the Dean of the M.U. Faculty of Fine Arts, Prof. Hüsamettin Koçan. This first attempt was cut short after Batırel’s leave.

In 2007, Marmara University Rector Prof. Dr. Necla Pur initiated the museum Project again, and thus inaugurated the Marmara University Cumhuriyet Museum with 85 artists from the collection, in celebration of the 85th year of the Turkish Republic. The museum comprises a collection of 276 orginal print works.

Samples from the museum collection. 

Aliye Berger 

Leylekler,tarihsiz, gravür, 26.5x49.5 cm

 

Abidin Dino 

İsimsiz, tarihsiz, serigrafi, 50x35 cm, 56/100

 

Mehmet Pesen 

Haliç, 1987, serigrafi, 30x55.5 cm, 140/200

 

Adnan Çoker 

İsimsiz, serigrafi, 67x50 cm, 12/100

 

Burhan Doğançay 

İsimsiz, tarihsiz, serigrafi, 79x50 cm, 40/100

 

Devrim Erbil

Anadolu İzlenimleri, tarihsiz, gravür, 43x32.5cm, 10/100

 

Nurullah Berk 

İsimsiz, tarihsiz, sergigrafi, 54.5x44 , 61/10

 

Sabri Berkel

İsimsiz, 1996, gravür, 36x33 cm, 1/10

 

Füreya Koral

Paris, 1951, litografi, 32x43 cm, 6/12

 

Veysel Erüstün

Başka Dünyanın Yaşantısı, 1970, gravür, 48x39.5 cm, 2/6

 

Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu

İsimsiz, 1975, serigrafi, 65x46.5 cm, 40/200

 

Cihat Burak

İsimsiz, 1976, serigrafi, 64x26 cm, 44/99

 

Ferruh Başağa

İsimsiz, 1976, serigrafi, 35x35 cm, 23/32

 

Avni Arbaş

Lale, 1982, serigrafi, 43x30 cm, 73/75

 

Turhan Selçuk

Sporcu, 1985, seigrafi, 50x38.5 cm, 13/50

 

Fethi Kayaalp

Dinamit Balıkçının Son Yemini, 1974, gravür, 65.4x49 cm, 2/10

 

Mustafa Aslıer

İsimsiz, 1993, Gravür, 49x33 cm

 

Orhan Peker

İsimsiz, 1978, gravür, 37x37 cm, 1/1 (1999'da Mustafa Pilevneli tarafından 1 adet basılmıştır)

 

Nevzat Akoral

Arabacılar, tarihsiz, tahta baskı, 60x39 cm, 14/25

 

Semih Balcıoğlu

İsimsiz, 1995, serigrafi, 43x30 cm

 

Turan Erol

İsimsiz, 1962, gravür, 23.5x20 cm, 1/10

 

Mürşide İçmeli

Kompozisyon 3, 1994, gravür, 48x35.5 cm, 3/30

 

Mengü Ertel

İsimsiz, 1983, serigrafi, 50x38 cm

 

Özdemir Altan

İsimsiz, 1995, litografi, 65x50cm, 30/30

 

Ali Teoman Germaner (Aloş)

İsimsiz, 1977, serigrafi, 40x60 cm, 99/100

 

Behçet Safa 

Sayın Mister Çevre Bok Edicisi, 1989, litografi, 73x52.5 cm, 35/50

 

Altan Gürman

İsimsiz, tarihsiz, serigrafi, 49x60 cm, 7/25

 

Yurdaer Altıntaş

İsimsiz, 1996, serigrafi, 63x48.5 cm, 3/30

 

Ercan Gülen

Öğle Uykusu, 1991, linol baskı, 30x30 cm, 20/20

 

Güngör İblikçi 

İsimsiz, 1971, gravür, 52x70 cm, 3/20

 

Gündüz Gölönü

Yalı Kahve, 1972, gravür, 20x26 cm, 10/15

 

Tan Oral

İsimsiz, 1993, serigrafi, 50x25 cm, 13/30

 

Oktay Anılanmert 

İsimsiz, 1961, linolyum, 11.5x25 cm

 

Mustafa Pilevneli

Kibele, 1979, gravür, 44.5x44.5 cm, 1/1

 

Süleyman Saim Tekcan

İsimsiz, 1992, serigrafi, 77x48 cm, 2/40

 

Erol Deneç

İsimsiz, tarihsiz, gravür, 22x17 cm