İskenderun Naval Museum

İskenderun Naval Museum
İskenderun Deniz Müzesi
İskenderun Naval Museum
Established	2009 (2009)
Location	Atatürk Bulvarı . Sahil Mah. 512. Sok. No : 1, İskenderun, Turkey
Coordinates	Coordinates: 36°35′39″N 36°09′49″E / 36.59417°N 36.16361°E / 36.59417; 36.16361
Type	Naval museum
Owner	Turkish Naval Forces

İskenderun Naval Museum is a museum in İskenderun, Turkey.

The museum is situated in on Atatürk Boulevard, İskenderun ilçe (district) of Hatay Province. at 36°35′39″N 36°09′49″E / 36.59417°N 36.16361°E / 36.59417; 36.16361.

The building was purchased by the Turkish Naval Forces in 1942. Till 2008 it was as an office. On 26 June 2009, it was opened as a naval museum.

There are six exhibition halls.^[1] The first hall is the memorial hall of Tayfur Sökmen (1892-1980),^[2] who was the president of the short-lived Hatay Republic, which soon merged to Turkey in 1939. The second hall is the memorial hall of Şükrü Kanatlı (1893-1954) ^[3] who was the first Turkish commander in Hatay. The third hall is named after Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa. Barbaros (1478-1546) ^[4] was the famous Ottoman admiral of the 16th century. The forth hall is Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa Hall. Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha (1713 (?)-1790) ^[5] was an able admiral of the 18th century. The fifth hall is Savarona Hall. MV Savarona was formerly the Turkish presidential yacht ^[6] in which Atatürk, the founder of Turkey spent his last days in 1938. The sixth hall is named after Rauf Orbay (1880-1964) who was the commander of the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye and one of the last naval Ministers of the Ottoman Empire. He was also an active figure during the establishment of the Turkish Republic. ^[7]

References

Museums in Turkey

Aegean Region

Black Sea Region

Amasra Museum Amasya Museum Baksı Museum Bolu Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Giresun Museum Hagia Sophia, Trabzon Karabük Kardemir Iron-Steel Museum Karadeniz Ereğli Museum Kastamonu Ethnography Museum Ordu Ethnographical Museum Sinop Fortress Prison Sinop Archaeological Museum Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum Rize Atatürk Museum Tokat Museum Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region

Eastern Anatolia

Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum Kars Museum Malatya Museum

Marmara Region

Museum of Nationist Forces in Balıkesir
Bilecik Museum
Bursa Archaeological Museum
Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
Çanakkale Archaeological Museum
Edirne Museum
Gelibolu War Museum
Kırklareli Museum
Kocaeli Museum
Mudanya Armistice House
Namık Kemal House Museum
Rákóczi Museum
Sakarya Museum
SEKA Paper Museum
Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages

For museums in İstanbul see Museums in Istanbul

Mediterranean Region

Southeastern Anatolia Region

Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Kilis Museum Mardin Museum Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

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