Aşiyan Museum, House museum in Beşiktaş, Turkey
Aşiyan Museum is a three-story wooden building perched on the Bosphorus hillside with exhibition spaces spread across multiple levels. The collection displays personal belongings, paintings, and photographs belonging to Turkish writers and artists from this period.
The house was built in 1906 as a residence for poet Tevfik Fikret and served as his home until 1915. Istanbul's municipal government converted the building into a museum in 1945 to preserve the legacy of these literary figures.
The house preserves the memory of the New Literature Movement and shows how these writers and artists lived and worked. The rooms give a sense of the intellectual world they inhabited.
The museum sits on a hillside overlooking the Bosphorus and is best reached by walking up a pathway from the street below. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended since the climb to the entrance involves some steps and a slight incline.
The museum preserves a death mask of poet Tevfik Fikret, a rare historical record of his facial features. On display is also a painting created by a member of the Ottoman royal family that was inspired by Fikret's poem about fog.
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