Gaziantep War Museum

Şahinbey War Museum is a museum located in Gaziantep. The museum was established to tell the story of the Defense of Antep. The museum exhibits weapons from the war period, items used at that time, clothing worn, and books and magazines written. A part of the museum is a cave that was an important shelter during the war.

Key facts

Type: museum, military museum, museum building
Located in: Southeastern Anatolia Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 37.058005, 37.391015Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page is translated from: Şahinbey Savaş Müzesi (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 13 December 2025

Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.