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
Adana
- Adana Archaeological Museum
- Adana Cinema Museum
- Adana Ethnography Museum
- Atatürk Museum
- Misis Mosaic Museum
Adıyaman
Afyonkarahisar
Aksaray
Amasya Museum
Ankara
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Antalya
Artvin
Aydın
- Aydın Archaeological Museum
- Fatma Suat Orhon Museum, Söke
- Kuşadası Necati Korkmaz Museum of Micro Miniatures
- Nazilli Museum of Ethnography
Balıkesir
- Balıkesir National Struggle Museum
- Burhaniye National Forces Culture Museum
- Tahtakuşlar Ethnography Museum
Bartın
Batman
Bayburt
Bilecik
Bolu
Burdur
Bursa
- 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
- Adatepe Olive Oil Museum
- Archaeological Museum of Çanakkale
- Ceramics Museum of Çanakkale
- Troy Museum
Çankırı
- Çankırı Museum
- Ferit Akalın Radio and Communications Museum
Denizli
Diyarbakır
- Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library
- Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum
- Diyarbakır Museum
- Ziya Gökalp Museum
Düzce
Edirne
Elazığ
Erzincan
Eskişehir
- 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
- Gaziantep Mevlevi Culture and Foundation Works Museums
- Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology
- Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Giresun
Hatay
Isparta
Iğdır
İstanbul
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İzmir
- 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
Karaman
Karabük
Kars
Kastamonu
Kayseri
Kırıkkale
Kırşehir
Kilis
Kocaeli
Konya
- Akşehir Museum
- Ereğli Museum
- Konya Archaeological Museum
- Konya Ethnography Museum
- Mevlana Museum
- Sahip Ata Museum
Kütahya
Malatya
Manisa
Mardin
Mersin
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Muğla
- Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology
- Marmaris Archeological Museum
- Milas Museum
- Muğla Museum
- Zeki Müren Art Museum, Bodrum
Nevşehir
Niğde
Ordu
Osmaniye
Rize
Sakarya
Samsun
Sinop
Sivas
Şanlıurfa
Tekirdağ
- Kutman Wine Museum
- Namık Kemal House Museum
- Rákóczi Museum
- Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
Tokat
Trabzon
Uşak
Yozgat
References
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