İzmir Women's Museum
İzmir Kadın Müzesi | |
.jpg) First female MPs of the Turkish Parliament (1935) | |
  İzmir Women's Museum | |
| Established | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Location | 1298 sok No 14, Basmane. İzmir |
| Coordinates | 38°25′15″N 27°08′32″E / 38.42083°N 27.14222°E |
| Type | Women museum |
| Owner | Konak Municipality |
| Website | İzmir Women's Museum |
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 in Konak secondary municipality of İzmir.
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. During the opening ceremony, Konak mayor Hakan Tartan said that the municipality takes side with women.[citation needed]
Museum has a total of 13 rooms.Turkish women, a library and a video room are also in the ground floor.[2]
The masks of pioneer Turkish women such as
Nazım Hikmet
.
The upper floor is reserved for the women's struggles, protest and boycotts with narratation.[2] In the upper floor there is also a collection room with documents and tools both from the Ottoman and the Republican era.
References
- ^ "İzmir Women's Museum". Visit İzmir. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ a b Konak Municipality page (in Turkish)
External links
Media related to İzmir Women's Museum at Wikimedia Commons
