Atatürk Memorial Museum

Atatürk Memorial Museum is a memorial museum located in the Şahinbey district of Gaziantep. The Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, to keep Atatürk’s memory alive in the city, restored a historic house in the neighborhood where he was registered, and established the Atatürk Memorial Museum in 2013.

When Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk arrived in Gaziantep on 26 January 1933, he was registered in the population of Bey Neighborhood at the invitation of the then Governor Lütfi Bey and Mayor Hamdi Bey, and an honorary hometown certificate was granted. During the construction of the museum, the building belonging to the Konukoğlu Family and located in Bey Neighborhood was donated to the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality. In the museum, the room where Atatürk stayed during his visit to Gaziantep has been recreated with original furnishings, and the original personal items he used during his visits to Gaziantep are displayed.

Architecture

The museum, which has the traditional Antep house architecture, consists of two buildings that face a common courtyard. The museum has 220 square metres of open area and 400 square metres of closed area.