Best Museums in Turkey
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Hagia Sophia
Historic architectural masterpiece that has served as a church, mosque, and museum, renowned for its Byzantine architecture and cultural significance.
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Topkapı Palace
Historic Ottoman palace and former royal residence featuring centuries-old architecture and extensive imperial collections, now functioning as a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Dolmabahçe Palace
Historic Ottoman palace known for its neo-baroque architecture, serving as a museum and former presidential residence.
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Cistern of Philoxenos
Byzantine underground cistern featuring 224 columns and notable Byzantine architecture. It serves as an archaeological site and museum showcasing ancient water storage engineering.
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Göreme Open Air Museum
Göreme is a district of the Nevşehir Province in Turkey. After the eruption of Mount Erciyes about 2.6 million years ago, ash and lava…
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Turk and Islamic Art Museum
This 16th-century palace houses the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. The museum is divided into two parts.
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Zelve Open-Air Museum
Byzantine cave settlement and monastic complex featuring rock-cut dwellings, churches, and a mosque carved into tuff rock formations. The site served as a religious center from the 9th to 13th centuries and remained inhabited as a village until the mid-20th century.
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Aya Sofya Museum
Hagia Sophia is a formerly Greek Orthodox church that was converted into a mosque following the conquest of Trabzon by Mehmed II in 1461.
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Chez Galip
Truly unusual experience - this pottery shop has a small cave covered with locks of hair donated by 16,000 women.
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İzmir Agora Museum
The Agora of Smyrna, alternatively known as the Agora of İzmir, is an ancient Roman agora located in Smyrna.
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Virgin Mary's House;House of Virgin Mary
This house is believed to be the dwelling of Virgin Mary when she had lived in Ephesus.
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Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara, Turkey.
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Ephesus Archaeological Museum
This museum is dedicated to the Ephesus excavations. The findings are truly impressive.
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Ataturk House & Museum
Visit a museum which was established in the building where Atatürk stayed during his visits to Antalya. The entry to the exhibition is free.
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Ankara Ethnography Museum
The Ethnography Museum of Ankara is dedicated to the cultures of Turkic civilizations.
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Mevlana Museum
The Mevlâna Museum, in Konya, Turkey, started life as the dervish lodge of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes.
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Bayezid II Külliye Health Museum
The Complex of Sultan Bayezid II Health Museum is a hospital museum of Trakya University within the Complex of Sultan Bayezid II located in…
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İzmir Archaeological Museum
The Izmir Archaeology Museum is an archeology museum in Izmir, Turkey, containing a number of artifacts from around the Gulf of Izmir.
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Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey, is the biggest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1700 m2 of mosaics.
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