Today, he is known for his important contributions to the development of optics, which has a great place in our lives, especially in medicine and technology. The greatest physicist of the Middle Ages; He also has an important position as a mathematician-astronomer and philosopher.

Although Ibn al-Haytham, who is thought to have been born in Basra in 965, had a great reputation during his lifetime, very limited information is available about him.

All sources agree that Ibn al-Haytham was an ascetic who did not value wealth and position and earned his living with his beautiful writing.

You can visit the Turkish-Islamic Science History Exhibition in 100 Objects in Nicosia Bedesten to observe various works and other objects belonging to Ibn al-Haytham and take a unique journey into our history of science.