Museums in Turkey

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Following the proclamation of the Republic, Turkish museums developed considerably, mainly due to the importance Atatürk had attached to the research and exhibition of artifacts of Anatolia. When the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed, there were only the İstanbul Archaeology Museum called the "Asar-ı Atika Müzesi", the Istanbul Military Museum housed in the St. Irene Church, the Islamic Museum (Evkaf-ı Islamiye Müzesi) in the Suleymaniye Complex in Istanbul and the smaller museums of the Ottoman Empire Museum (Müze-i Humayun) in a few large cities of Anatolia.

The Turkish Archaeological Museum (Türk Asar-ı Atikası), which was established during the first years of the Republic, carried out studies to gather, collate, catalogue and protect archaeological and ethnographical finds. In many provinces of Anatolia, monumental buildings such as ancient churches, mosques and caravanserais were restored and converted into museums. Topkapı Palace, which was converted into a museum with the furniture and works of art on the premises, was opened to the public in 1927. The same year, the Islamic Museum was reorganized as the "Museum of Turkish and Islamic Works of Art" and the Mevlana Dervish Lodge in Konya was also converted into a museum.

The construction of the Ankara Ethnographical Museum, the first building designed as a museum, was completed in 1930. New museums were established in Bursa, Adana, Manisa, İzmir, Kayseri, Antalya, Afyon, Bergama, and Edirne. The Hittite Museum, which was established in the Mahmut Pasha Bedesten in Ankara in 1940, was restored and renovated and converted into "Museum of Anatolian Civilizations" in 1968.

Today, there are 99 museum directorates attached to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 151 private museums in 36 provinces and 1,204 private collections.^[1]

List of museums[edit]

Adana[edit]

• Adana Archaeological Museum
• Adana Cinema Museum
• Adana Ethnography Museum
• Atatürk Museum
• Misis Mosaic Museum

Adıyaman[edit]

• Adıyaman Archaeological Museum

Afyonkarahisar[edit]

• Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum
• Victory Museum
• Atatürk's House (Şuhut)

Aksaray[edit]

• Aksaray Museum

Amasya Museum[edit]

• Amasya Museum

Ankara[edit]

Antalya[edit]

• Alanya Archaeological Museum
• Antalya Museum
• Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya)

Artvin[edit]

• Dikyamaç Museum

Aydın[edit]

• Aydın Archaeological Museum
• Fatma Suat Orhon Museum, Söke
• Kuşadası Necati Korkmaz Museum of Micro Miniatures
• Nazilli Museum of Ethnography

Balıkesir[edit]

• Balıkesir National Struggle Museum
• Burhaniye National Forces Culture Museum
• Tahtakuşlar Ethnography Museum

Bartın[edit]

• Amasra Museum

Batman[edit]

• Batman Museum
• Hasankeyf Cultural Park

Bayburt[edit]

• Baksı Museum

Bilecik[edit]

• Bilecik Museum
• Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum

Bolu[edit]

• Bolu Museum

Burdur[edit]

• Burdur Archaeological Museum

Bursa[edit]

• Bursa Archaeological Museum
• Bursa Atatürk Museum
• Bursa Energy Museum
• Bursa Forestry Museum
• Bursa Karagöz Museum
• Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
• Iznik Çini Museum
• Iznik Museum
• Mudanya Armistice House

Çanakkale[edit]

• Adatepe Olive Oil Museum
• Archaeological Museum of Çanakkale
• Ceramics Museum of Çanakkale
• Troy Museum

Çankırı[edit]

• Çankırı Museum
• Ferit Akalın Radio and Communications Museum

Denizli[edit]

• Denizli Museum

Diyarbakır[edit]

• Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library
• Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum
• Diyarbakır Museum
• Ziya Gökalp Museum

Düzce[edit]

• Konuralp Museum

Edirne[edit]

• Edirne Museum

Elazığ[edit]

• Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum

Erzincan[edit]

• Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum

Eskişehir[edit]

• Eskişehir Aviation Museum
• Eskişehir Caricature Museum
• Eskişehir Museum
• Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum
• Eskişehir Wax Museum
• İnönü Military Quarter and War Museum
• M.S.Ö. Air & Space Museum
• Museum of Independence, Eskişehir
• Museum of Modern Glass Art, Eskişehir
• Museum of woodworking
• Tülomsaş Museum

Gaziantep[edit]

• Gaziantep Mevlevi Culture and Foundation Works Museums
• Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology
• Zeugma Mosaic Museum

Giresun[edit]

• Giresun Museum

Hatay[edit]

• Hatay Archaeology Museum
• İskenderun Naval Museum

Isparta[edit]

• Isparta Museum

Iğdır[edit]

• Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum

İstanbul[edit]

İzmir[edit]

• Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
• Avrasya Anı Evi (Eurasia Memorial House)
• Bergama Museum
• Çamlık Railway Museum
• Çeşme Museum
• Natural History Museum of Ege University
• İzmir Archaeological Museum
• İzmir Atatürk Museum
• İnciraltı Sea Museum
• İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum
• İzmir Ethnography Museum
• İzmir Toy Museum
• Ödemiş Museum
• Tire City Museum

Kahramanmaraş[edit]

• Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum
• Kahramanmaraş Liberation Museum

Karaman[edit]

• Karaman Museum

Karabük[edit]

• Karabük Kardemir Iron-Steel Museum

Kars[edit]

• Boğatepe Cheese Museum
• Kars Museum

Kastamonu[edit]

• Kastamonu Ethnography Museum

Kayseri[edit]

• Kayseri Archaeology Museum

Kırıkkale[edit]

• Kırıkkale MKE Weapons Industry Museum

Kırşehir[edit]

• Kırşehir Museum

Kilis[edit]

• Kilis Museum

Kocaeli[edit]

• Kocaeli Museum
• SEKA Paper Museum
• Osman Hamdi Bey Museum

Konya[edit]

• Akşehir Museum
• Ereğli Museum
• Konya Archaeological Museum
• Konya Ethnography Museum
• Mevlana Museum
• Sahip Ata Museum

Kütahya[edit]

• Kütahya Archaeological Museum

Malatya[edit]

• Camera Museum
• Malatya Museum

Manisa[edit]

• Akhisar Museum
• Manisa Archaeological Museum

Mardin[edit]

• Mardin Museum
• Midyat Filigree Museum

Mersin[edit]

Muğla[edit]

• Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology
• Marmaris Archeological Museum
• Milas Museum
• Muğla Museum
• Zeki Müren Art Museum, Bodrum

Nevşehir[edit]

• Nevşehir Museum

Niğde[edit]

• Niğde Archaeological Museum

Ordu[edit]

• Ordu Ethnographical Museum

Osmaniye[edit]

• Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum
• Osmaniye City Museum

Rize[edit]

• Rize Atatürk Museum

Sakarya[edit]

• Sakarya Museum

Samsun[edit]

• Alaçam Exchange Museum
• Samsun Atatürk Museum

Sinop[edit]

• Sinop Museum

Sivas[edit]

• Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum

Şanlıurfa[edit]

• Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

Tekirdağ[edit]

• Kutman Wine Museum
• Namık Kemal House Museum
• Rákóczi Museum
• Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

Tokat[edit]

• Tokat Museum

Trabzon[edit]

• Hagia Sophia, Trabzon
• Trabzon Museum
• Sumela Monastery

Uşak[edit]

• Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Yozgat[edit]

• Yozgat Museum

References[edit]