Namık Kemal House Museum, Tekirdağ

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The Namık Kemal House Museum is a historic house museum in Tekirdağ, northwestern Turkey devoted to the life and works of Namık Kemal (1840–1888), Turkish nationalist poet. It is a rebuilt 19th-century house, which was transformed 1993 into a museum.BuildingThe house was rebuilt in 1992 with donations made by local official and charitable organizations. It is a three level house in Ottoman architectural style designed after the still standing, old houses in the direct neighborhood.The house, situated on a hill, is encircled by a large garden with walls. A big garden gate opens to the street in front of the house, named after him, Namık Kemal Caddesi. In the garden, there is a small open air theater with stage and audience space.The exterior of the building is covered with wood to give appearance of an old wooden house. The house can also be entered over a few steps at the basement level. The ground floor is paved with marble. Six rooms of the house are made of wood.MuseumIn the museum, which was officially opened on December 21, 1993, also ethnographical items collected from the region are on exhibit in addition to the items relating to Namık Kemal.The basement, outfitted with big boards, is allocated for exhibitions.The entrance hall at the ground floor is decorated with portraits of the poet. There are also oil paintings depicting the grave of Namık Kemal in Bolayır on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and portrait of the Hungarian national hero Francis II Rákóczi (1676–1735), who spent his last years in exile in Tekirdağ. On two boards in the living room, a list of places that were named in memoriam of Namık Kemal, news in the media about him, documents, photos of his family members, as well as of old Tekirdağ are posted. 19th century traditional handicraft works, lighting devices, utensils to prepare and serve Turkish coffee and Turkish tea are additional items of interest that are on display.

"21 Aralık 1840 tarihinde Tekirdağ'da doğan Namık Kemal adına düzenlenmiş bir müze evidir. Önceden veya gün içinde haber verdiğiniz takdirde pazar günleri de hizmet verebiliriz. Dipnot: Müze girişi ücretlidir."