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 The Ethnography Museum of Ankara built by architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu, is located on the site of a Muslim cemetery on a hill at Namazgah in Ankara, Turkey. The hill was granted to the Ministry of National Education in order for the museum to be built according to Decree of Cabinet of Ministers dated November 15, 1925 by General Directorate of Charity Foundations.
[edit] HistoryThe revolutionists took part in Turkish War of Independence until 1924 giving importance to national culture believed in establishment of an Ethnography Museum including material and spiritual cult inheritance. For this reason Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöven, Minister of National Education, asked opinion of his work friend Turkologist J. Meszarow, one of the chiefs of Budapest Ethnographic Museum for establishment of the museum, and he was offered to serve for this purpose, which is understood from the report submitted to Ministry of National Education by Prof. Meszarow on November 29, 1924. Thus in order to make preparation for establishment of Public Museum, a special committee firstly chaired by Prof. Celal Esad (Arseven) in Istanbul in 1924, and chaired by Halil Ethem (Erdem), Director of Istanbul Museums in 1925, was established for collection and purchase of arts. 1,250 art pieces purchased by the committee were exhibited in the museum that was completed in 1927. Hamit Zübeyir Koşay was appointed as Director of the Museum.  Gazi Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) visiting the museum on April 15, 1928 after being informed about the museum, ordered the opening of the museum for the reason of visit of Afghan king Amanullah Khan to Turkey. The museum was opened to public on 18 July 1930 and remained open until inner courtyard of the Museum was allocated as temporary tomb for Atatürk's body in November 1938. The body of Atatürk was kept there until it was carried to Anıtkabir in 1953. This section is still kept as a tomb in the memory of Atatürk, there is following inscription on the white marble:
The Ethnography Museum served as a mausoleum of Atatürk for 15 years, until the completion of Anıtkabir. It has been visited by presidents, ambassadors, foreign delegates and public. Works were continued during this period in the museum. Required changes were made for International Museum Week of November 6-14, 1956 and the museum was opened for public visits again. The architect of the building is Arif Hikmet (Koyunoğlu), who is considered as one of the most valuable architects of the first period of the Republic. [edit] BuildingThe building has rectangular design and is one domed. Stone walls are covered with kufeki stones. Forehead section is covered with marble and decorated with carvings. 28 steps are used for entrance into the building. There is a four-column, three-way entrance system. When entered through the door, one reaches the hall under the dome and to the columned section called inner courtyard. There is a marble pool in the middle of the courtyard, and the roof is left open. When this inner courtyard is allocated as temporary mausoleum for Atatürk, the pool was transferred to the garden and the roof was closed. There are small-big size halls around the inner courtyard in symmetry. Administration section is adjacent to the museum and is two storey. The equestrian statue of Atatürk in bronze in front of the Museum was made by Italian artist P. Conanica commissioned by the Ministry of National Education. [edit] CollectionsThe Ethnography Museum is the museum, where Turkish art from Seljuk era to the present time is exhibited. Public clothes, jewellery, shoes, slippers, samples collected from various regions of Anatolia, womens and mens socks from Sivas region, various bowls, laces, scarves, belts, handkerchiefs, bed sheets, bride costumes, bridegroom shaving sets, old traditional Turkish art are exhibited. Technical material and designs unique to Turks and carpets, weaving benches from Uşak, Gördes, Bergama, Kula, Milas, Ladik, Karaman, Niğde, Kırşehir regions are on display. Among fine art samples of Anatolian Mine arts, there are Mamluk boilers from 15th century, Ottoman sweet boilers, hand washing jugs, trays, coffee trays, meal tables, cups, candle scissors etc. are exhibited. Arrows, bows, lighting pistols, rifles, sword and other things from Ottoman period, Turkish pottery and porcelain and Kütahya porcelains, religious and sect properties, Turkish inscriptions are exhibited with the nice samples. Seljuk sultan Kaykhusraw III's throne, a finest sample of Turkish wooden works (13th century), Ahi Şerafettin Sandukası (14th century), Nevşehir Ürgüp Damsa Village Taşhur Pasha Mosque nish (12th century), Siirt Ulu Mosque Nish (12th century), Merzifon Çelebi Sultan Medrese Gate (15th century) are some of the important art pieces of the museum. The collection was granted as a gift by Besim Atalay, who was a member of the 7th period of Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM). There is a specialised library containing art works about Anatolian ethnography, folklore and art history. [edit] See also[edit] References
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