Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum is a museum in
Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province.
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Turkey
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Location
The museum building is on İnönü Boulevard in Sivas. Two medieval
medrese
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s (schools), Şifahiye Medrese and Buruciye Medrese, are to the east of the museum.
History
The building was originally a high school. It was built in 1892 by Mehmet Mazlum Bey, the governor of Sivas.
Between 4–12 September 1919, the building was used by
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as a center for preparation of the
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Sivas Congress
The Sivas Congress ( tr, Sivas Kongresi) was an assembly of the Turkish National Movement held for one week from 4 to 11 September 1919 in the city of Sivas, in central-eastern Turkey, which united delegates from all Anatolian provinces of the Ot ...
). After the congress,
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(later Atatürk) and his friends stayed in this building until 18 December 1919, when they left for
Ankara
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Following their departure, the building returned to its former roll as a high school. In 1930, the building underwent a renovation. In 1984, upon the instruction of president
Kenan Evren, the building was acquired by the
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. Following a restoration period, it was opened as the Museum of Congress in 1990.
The museum building and the exhibits
The three-storey building is an example of
Ottoman civil architecture of the 19th century. The laboratory, the photo room and the stock rooms are in the basement. The elevated ground floor is the ethnography section, and the upper floor is the Atatürk and Congress section. In the ethnography section, one room is reserved for weapons. Another room, named ''Hacı Beslen,'' houses ethnographic items like coins, calligraphy, and paintings, which were donated by Turan Türkeroğlu. In another room is a collection of Sivas rugs and a 12th-century wooden ''
mimber'' (pulpit) from
Divriği castle mosque. Another room named ''başoda'' ("headroom") represents the guest room of the wealthy Sivas citizens of the Ottoman times. In this room, items from the
Divriği Ulu Mosque are also exhibited. Copper works,
''tekke'' (a type of Islam institution of the Ottoman times) articles and clothes are exhibited in other rooms.
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On the upper floor, Atatürk and the Congress section, one room is where the congress was held. There is also a telegraph room (which was the only means of communication in 1919) and a printing room. Copies of documents are also on display.
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{{Museums in Turkey
Ethnographic museums in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Sivas
Museums established in 1990
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Tourist attractions in Sivas Province