Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum, Museum and historic congress site in Sivas, Turkey.
The Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum is a three-story building with Ottoman architecture that houses historical artifacts and ethnographic collections from the region. The interior spans multiple floors with exhibits arranged to show different aspects of local history and daily life.
The building became the meeting place for Turkish nationalists during the Sivas Congress held from September 4 to 12, 1919, marking a turning point in the nation's independence movement. This event put the location on the map as a site of political importance.
The museum displays regional crafts like Sivas carpets and traditional clothing that show the skill and taste of local makers. Visitors also see ancient coins and calligraphy that reflect how people lived in earlier times.
You can visit the congress meeting room, telegraph office, and document printing area located on the upper floors of the building. The museum is wheelchair accessible throughout.
The building still contains the original telegraph room where crucial messages were sent during Turkey's independence movement in 1919. This space shows how important rapid communication was for the political movement of that time.
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