İzmir Women's Museum is a museum in İzmir, Turkey. It is at 38°25′15″N 27°08′32″E / 38.42083°N 27.14222°E / 38.42083; 27.14222 in Konak secondary municipality of İzmir. It is the first women's museum to be established in Turkey.[1]

The museum building is a three floor-historical building in Tilkilik neighborhood. With a bay window it is a typical İzmir house. It was opened on 23 January 2014.[citation needed]

Museum has a total of 13 rooms.[2] In the ground floor, there is a photo of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey dancing with his adopted daughter Nebile during the wedding ceremony of the latter. Various attire including golden-embroidery bindallı are displayed. A photo timeline of Turkish women, a library and a video room are also in the ground floor.[3]

The masks of pioneer Turkish women such as Halide Edib Adıvar, Cahide Sonku, Afife Jale, Füreya Koral are displayed in the garden. In the garden, there is also a statue of Nazım Hikmet. The upper floor is reserved for the women's struggles, protest and boycotts with narratation.[3] In the upper floor there is also a collection room with documents and tools both from the Ottoman and the Republican era.

References

  1. ^ "First women's museums in world and Turkey". Jinha Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ^ "İzmir Women's Museum". Visit İzmir. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Konak Municipality page (in Turkish)

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