Atatürk Museum

Atatürk, who came to İzmir on June 16, 1926, stayed in Naim Palas with İsmet Pasha. On October 13, 1926, the building was purchased by İzmir Municipality and some new items were placed and given to Atatürk. Atatürk stayed in this house every time he came to Izmir between 1930-1934. Upon Atatürk's death on 10 November 1938, the house was transferred to his sister Makbule Baysan by inheritance. On 25 September 1940, Izmir Municipality expropriated the building to make a museum. On September 11, 1941, which coincided with the 19th anniversary of Atatürk's arrival in Izmir, the museum was opened to the public with a ceremony. Since 5 October 1962, the museum has been renamed "Atatürk Provincial Public Library and Izmir City Atatürk Museum". On December 28, 1972, the ownership of the building was given to İzmir Archeology Museum with the articles of the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Culture no. It was restored and arranged and opened to visitors on 29 October 1978 as the "Atatürk and Ethnography Museum". After the ethnographic works in the museum were moved to the new Ethnography Museum opened on May 13, 1988, the name of the museum became "Atatürk Museum".