 |
SILIFKE
- HOUSE OF ATATÜRK
Silifke is a region which Atatürk loved,
where he established a farm and formed the
first agricultural credit cooperative together
with the peasants and visited four times
on different occasions.
The house where Atatürk stayed on his
first Silifke visit on January 27, 1925
is a two storey masonary house at Saray
section of the city, built on a 329 m²
piece of land. The house which at that
|
time belonged to Haci Hulusi
Efendi, the mayor, was later transferred
to his inheritors. |
In addition to its historical
significance, it is a good example
of civic architecture. Left in
poor conditon for some years,
it was taken up within the commemoration
programme for the 100th anniversary
of the birth of Atatürk,
and expropriated by the General
Directorate of Ancient Works and
Museums of the Ministry of Culture
and Tourism in 1982. Restoration
work started in 1983 and was completed
in 1984. During 1985 - 1986 period
The General Directrate of Ancient
|
 |
Works and Museums carried out
furnishing and display arrangements
and turned the lower floor into
a community library for the district
while the top floor became Atatürk
House (museum- house).
There is Infant Museum and architectural
works display on the first floor
of the additional building. The
Thrakia-Bithynia and Byzantium
display saloon, which was opened
in August 1998, can be visited
on the floor under the first floor
with the name of “Surrounding
Cultures of Istanbul”.
The museum has received the European
Council Museum Award in 1991,
which is its 100. establishment
anniversary, with the new arrangement
made in the lower floor saloons
and the Additional Building display.
|
|
|
