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Following the proclamation of the Republic,Turkish museums developed considerably, mainly due to the importanceAtatürk had attached to the research and exhibition of artifacts ofAnatolia. When theRepublic of Turkey was proclaimed, there were only theİstanbul Archaeology Museum called the "Asar-ı Atika Müzesi", theIstanbul Military Museum housed in theSt. Irene Church, theIslamic Museum (Evkaf-ı Islamiye Müzesi) in theSuleymaniye Complex inIstanbul and the smaller museums of theOttoman Empire Museum (Müze-i Humayun) in a few large cities of Anatolia.
The Turkish Archaeological Museum (Türk Asar-ı Atikası), which was established during the first years of the Republic, carried out studies to gather, collate, catalogue and protectarchaeological andethnographical finds. In many provinces of Anatolia, monumental buildings such as ancientchurches,mosques andcaravanserais were restored and converted into museums.Topkapı Palace, which was converted into a museum with the furniture and works of art on the premises, was opened to the public in 1927. The same year, the Islamic Museum was reorganized as the "Museum of Turkish and Islamic Works of Art" and theMevlana Dervish Lodge inKonya was also converted into a museum.
The construction of theAnkara Ethnographical Museum, the first building designed as a museum, was completed in 1930. New museums were established inBursa,Adana,Manisa,İzmir,Kayseri,Antalya,Afyon,Bergama, andEdirne. The Hittite Museum, which was established in the Mahmut Pasha Bedesten in Ankara in 1940, was restored and renovated and converted into "Museum of Anatolian Civilizations" in 1968.
Today, there are 99 museum directorates attached to theMinistry of Culture and Tourism, 151 private museums in 36 provinces and 1,204 private collections.[1]
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