Welcome to the Visual History Archive!

Visual History Archive (VHA) provides a substantial collection of electronic image resources of relevance to the history of the modernisation of the Turkish Republic, particularly for the period of Atatürk (1923-1938) such as photographs, postcards, pictures, stamps etc. The resources in the archive are intended as a tool for locating and sharing historical images for use in teaching, studying and research. There is no charge for using the Digital Archive but you will be asked to read and accept the terms and conditions of use before viewing any images. We also encourage you to donate your own images using the donation section at the main page