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 Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...

. When the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed, there were only the İstanbul Archaeology Museum called the "Asar-ı Atika Müzesi", the

Istanbul Military Museum Istanbul Military Museum ( tr, Askerî Müze) is dedicated to one thousand years of Turkish military history. It is one of the leading museums of its kind in the world. The museum is open to the public everyday except Mondays and Tuesdays. T ...

housed in the St. Irene Church, the Islamic Museum (Evkaf-ı Islamiye Müzesi) in the Suleymaniye Complex in

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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 Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...

finds. In many provinces of Anatolia, monumental buildings such as ancient churches,

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

s and caravanserais were restored and converted into museums.

Topkapı Palace The Topkapı Palace ( tr, Topkapı Sarayı; ota, طوپقپو سرايى, ṭopḳapu sarāyı, lit=cannon gate palace), or the Seraglio, is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the complet ...

, 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 Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it ...

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 Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...

Manisa Manisa (), historically known as Magnesia, is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province. Modern Manisa is a booming center of industry and services, advantaged by its closeness to the international port ci ...

, Izmir, Kayseri,

Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_plate = 07 , blank_name = Licence plate ...

Afyon Afyonkarahisar (, tr, afyon "poppy, opium", ''kara'' "black", ''hisar'' "fortress") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along t ...

Bergama Bergama is a populous district, as well as the center city of the same district, in İzmir Province in western Turkey. By excluding İzmir's metropolitan area, it is one of the prominent districts of the province in terms of population and is l ...

, and

Edirne Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis ( Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders ...

. 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 The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations ( tr, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi) is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara, Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurş ...

” 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.

List of museums

Adana

Adana Archaeological Museum Adana Archaeology Museum ( tr, Adana Arkeoloji Müzesi) is a museum in Adana that houses the historical heritage of Cilicia in a converted textile factory. It is one of the oldest archaeological museums in Turkey. History Adana Archaeology Mus ...

Adana Cinema Museum Adana Cinema Museum ( tr, Adana Sinema Müzesi) is a museum in Adana, Turkey dedicated to the cinema of Turkey, in particular in relation with directors, actors and producers native to the city. Established in 2011 in a renewed old Adana house, ...

Adana Ethnography Museum Adana Ethnography Museum ( tr, Adana Etnografya Müzesi), exhibits the ethnographic works, the inscriptions of Adana's landmarks and epitaph and gravestones of Adana's leading figures. The museum was opened in 1983 at the former Greek Church afte ...

* Atatürk Museum * Misis Mosaic Museum

Adıyaman

Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Adıyaman Archaeological Museum ( Turkish: tr, Adıyaman Müzesi) is an archaeology museum in Adıyaman, southeastern Turkey. It is located at the corner of Atatürk Boulevard and Cumhuriyet Avenue in the heart of the city. The museum displays ar ...

Afyonkarahisar

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

Aksaray

* Aksaray Museum

Amasya Museum

* Amasya Museum

Ankara

Antalya

Alanya Archaeological Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Alanya, Turkey. The museum is divided into two sections, with displays of archaeological and ethnographic artifacts. It contains numerous ceramic, marble, bronze and glass pieces and mosa ...

* Antalya Museum * Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya)

Artvin

* Dikyamaç Museum

Aydın

* Aydın Archaeological Museum

Balıkesir

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

Bartın

* Amasra Museum

Batman

* Batman Museum * Hasankeyf Cultural Park

Bayburt

* Baksı Museum

Bilecik

* Bilecik Museum *

Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum (a.k.a. Söğüt Museum, tr, Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Müzesi) is a museum in Söğüt ilçe (district) of Bilecik Province, Turkey. Söğüt is notable as being the town from which the Ottoman Empire originated. E ...

Bolu

* Bolu Museum

Burdur

* Burdur Archaeological Museum

Bursa

Bursa Archaeological Museum Bursa Archaeological Museum ( tr, Bursa Arkeoloji Müzesi), shortly Bursa Museum, is a national museum in Bursa, Turkey, exhibiting archaeological artifacts found in and around the province. File:Archaeological museum 7689.jpg, Hellenistic figu ...

* Bursa Atatürk Museum * Bursa Energy Museum *

Bursa Forestry Museum Bursa Forestry Museum ( tr, Bursa Ormancılık Müzesi) is a museum in Bursa, northwestern Turkey dedicated to forestry. Opened in 1989, it is housed in a historic Ottoman era mansion. Its collection size is nearly 1,000 items. Museum building Th ...

* Bursa Karagöz Museum *

Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art The Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art ( tr, ) is a museum located in the former medrese of Yeşil Complex, which was constructed within the order of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I in 1419. History The history of the museum dates back to 1904 ...

Mudanya Armistice House Mudanya Armistice House ( tr, Mudanya mütareke Evi) is a museum in Mudanya, Turkey. The museum is in the house where the treaty that acknowledged the Republic of Turkey was signed. Location and history The two-storey stone museum is in Mudanya ...

Çanakkale

* Adatepe Olive Oil Museum * Archaeological Museum of Çanakkale * Ceramics Museum of Çanakkale *

Troy Museum The Troy Museum ( tr, Troya Müzesi or ''Truva Müzesi'') is an archaeological museum located close to the archaeological site of the ancient city of Troy, in northwestern Turkey. Opened in 2018, it exhibits in seven sections of a contemporary ...

Denizli

* Denizli Museum

Diyarbakır

Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library The Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library ( tr, Ahmet Arif Edebiyat Müze Kütüphanesi) is a literary museum and archive dedicated to Turkish literature and named after the poet Ahmet Arif (1927–1991). Located in Diyarbakır, Turkey, the museum ...

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum ( tr, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Evi Kültür Müzesi) is a historic house and museum dedicated to Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı in Diyarbakır, Turkey. The museum is located in the historic Sur district of Diyarbakır, close ...

Diyarbakır Museum Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, i ...

* Ziya Gökalp Museum

Düzce

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* Konuralp Museum

Edirne

* Edirne Museum

Elazığ

* Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum

Erzincan

* Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum

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 Museum of Archaeology *

Zeugma Mosaic Museum Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in the town of Gaziantep, Turkey, is the biggest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1700 m2 of mosaics. It opened to the public on 9 September 2011. The museum features of mosaic and replaces the Bardo National Mu ...

Giresun

* Giresun Museum

Hatay

Hatay Archaeology Museum The Hatay Archaeology Museum ( tr, Hatay Arkeoloji Müzesi) is the archaeology museum of Antakya, Turkey. It is known for its extensive collection of Roman and Byzantine Era mosaics. The museum is located in Antakya, the main city of Hatay. Const ...

* İskenderun Naval Museum

Isparta

* Isparta Museum

Iğdır

Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum Memorial and Museum of Martyred Turks Massacred by Armenians ( tr, Ermeniler Tarafından Katledilen Şehit Türkler Anıt ve Müzesi) or Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum (Turkish: Iğdır Soykırım Anıt-Müzesi) is a memorial-museum complex ...

İstanbul

İzmir

Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center The Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center ( Turkish: ' is situated in the Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. It is named after the composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun and was opened to public at December 27, 2008, by Yunus Emre Oratorio's concert. The Center ...

* Avrasya Anı Evi (Eurasia Memorial House) * Bergama Museum *

Çamlık Railway Museum The Çamlık Railway Museum, a.k.a. Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum, ( tr, Çamlık Tren Müzesi or ''Çamlık Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi'') is an outdoor railway museum at Çamlık village of Selçuk district in Izmir Province, Turkey. It is t ...

* Çeşme Museum * Natural History Museum of Ege University * İzmir Archaeological Museum * İzmir Atatürk Museum *

İnciraltı Sea Museum The İnciraltı Sea Museum is a naval museum in the İnciraltı neighborhood of Izmir's Balçova district in Turkey. Located near the İnciraltı Ozdilek Shopping Center, it was opened on July 1, 2007. Main attractions of the museum are two dec ...

* İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum *

Izmir Ethnography Museum The İzmir Ethnography Museum ( tr, İzmir Etnografya Müzesi) is an ethnography museum in Izmir, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country ...

* İzmir Toy Museum * Ödemiş Museum * Tire City Museum

Kahramanmaraş

* Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum * Kahramanmaraş Liberation Museum

Karaman

Karaman Museum Karaman Museum is in Karaman, Turkey The museum is at . It is to the east of the Karaman Castle. The museum was established in 1980. In the museum there are two halls one reserved for the archaeological items and one for the ethnographical ite ...

Karabük

* Karabük Kardemir Iron-Steel Museum

Kars

* Boğatepe Cheese Museum * Kars Museum

Kastamonu

* Kastamonu Ethnography Museum

Kayseri

* Kayseri Archaeology Museum

Kırıkkale

* Kırıkkale MKE Weapons Industry Museum

Kırşehir

* Kırşehir Museum

Kilis

* Kilis Museum

Kocaeli

* Kocaeli Museum *

SEKA Paper Museum The SEKA Paper Museum, a.k.a. SEKA Mehmet Ali Kağıtçı Paper Museum ( tr, SEKA Kağıt Müzesi or ''SEKA Mehmet Ali Kağıtçı Kağıt Müzesi''), is a museum of industrial heritage in Kocaeli district (''İzmit''), northwestern Turkey. Situat ...

* Osman Hamdi Bey Museum

Konya

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

Kütahya

* Kütahya Archaeological Museum

Malatya

* Camera Museum * Malatya Museum

Manisa

Akhisar Museum Akhisar Museum is a museum in Turkey Akhisar is a populous ilçe (district) in Manisa Province. The museum is in Akhisar at The museum building was built in 1933 and it was used as a junior high school up to 1992. Between 1994-2007 it was the t ...

* Manisa Archaeological Museum

Mardin

* Mardin Museum

Mersin

Muğla Museum

Milas Museum Milas Museum ( tr, Milas Müzesi) is a museum of archaeology and ethnography in Muğla Province of Turkey. It is situated in Milas ilçe (district) of Muğla Province at . It was established in 1987. The museum is in a two-story building with a ...

* Muğla Museum

Nevşehir

* Nevşehir Museum

Niğde

* Niğde Archaeological Museum

Ordu

* Ordu Ethnographical Museum

Osmaniye

Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum ( tr, Karatepe-Aslantaş Açık Hava Müzesi) is an open-air museum in Osmaniye Province, Turkey. Karatepe ("black hill") is the location while Aslantaş ("lion stone") refers to the lion figure on stone scul ...

* Osmaniye City Museum

Rize

* Rize Atatürk Museum

Sakarya

* Sakarya Museum

Samsun

* Alaçam Exchange Museum * Samsun Atatürk Museum

Sinop

* Sinop Museum

Sivas

Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum is a museum in Sivas, Turkey. Location The museum building is on İnönü Boulevard in Sivas. Two medieval medreses (schools), Şifahiye Medrese and Buruciye Medrese, are to the east of the museum. History ...

Şanlıurfa

Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum is a museum in Şanlıurfa (also known as Urfa), Turkey. The museum contains remains of Şanlıurfa (known as Edessa in antiquity), Harran (another ancient city which lies southeast of Şanlıurfa), and ...

Tekirdağ

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

Tokat

* Tokat Museum

Trabzon

* Hagia Sophia, Trabzon * Trabzon Museum *

Sumela Monastery Sumela Monastery ( el, Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, ''Moní Panagías Soumelá''; tr, Sümela Manastırı, lzz, სუმელა) is a Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Theotokos located at ''K ...

Uşak

* Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Yozgat

* Yozgat Museum

References

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