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The
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library
(
Turkish
:
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Edebiyat Muze Kutuphanesi
) is a literary museum and archive dedicated to
Turkish literature
and named after the Turkish novelist and essayist
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
(1901?1962). Located in
Istanbul
, Turkey, the museum was established by the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
and opened on November 12, 2011.
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The museum is housed in the two-storey
Procession Kiosk
(
Turkish
:
Alay Ko?ku
), a 19th-century historic building on the outer walls of
Gulhane Park
that belongs to
Topkapı Palace
.
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It was used by the
Ottoman
sultans to accept salute of
janissary
soldiers parading as well as a pleasure locale.
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The building is situated across the
Sublime Porte
.
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It was used from the 1910s on as the center of the Fine Arts Association.
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From 1928 to the end 1930s, it served as a meeting place of an association dedicated to Turkish language and literature.
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On the ground floor, there are two rooms and an entrance hall.
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The first floor houses the former throne room, in addition to two halls and three rooms.
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The ground floor is designed as a cafeteria,
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called the "Writers' Cafe", where prize-winning literary works are exhibited.
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Special corners on the upper floor are dedicated to the life and works of around 50 renowned authors native to Istanbul, with
busts
of some,
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including
Nedim
(1681?1730),
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
(1884?1958),
Nazım Hikmet Ran
(1902?1963),
Necip Fazıl Kısakurek
(1904?1983),
Aziz Nesin
(1915?1995),
Orhan Pamuk
(born 1952),
Ay?e Kulin
(born 1941),
Zulfu Livaneli
(born 1946) and
Do?an Hızlan
(born 1937) in addition to Tanpınar.
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It is also a place for discussions on various authors,
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poetry performances, literature award ceremonies, and writing workshops.
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The library of the museum accommodates over 8,000 books, including about 1,000 books on Istanbul as well as volumes of more than 100 periodicals on literature and other fields of the arts.
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The museum hosts also temporary art exhibitions.
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It is the fourth of its kind in Turkey after the literature museums in
Ankara
,
Adana
and
Diyarbakır
.
[1]
The museum library is accessible by the public transport line
Tram T1 (Kabata??Ba?cılar)
, and is open on weekdays between 10:00 and 19:00 local time.
[5]
One enters the museum by climbing a ramp inside the Gulhane park walls.
Gallery
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Procession kiosk exterior
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Procession kiosk Entrance ramp from park
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Procession kiosk Interior
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Procession kiosk exterior
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Procession kiosk interior
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Procession kiosk Wall painting
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Procession kiosk Downstairs area
Gallery
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Procession kiosk exterior
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Procession kiosk from park
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Procession kiosk Interior
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Procession kiosk exterior
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Procession kiosk interior
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Procession kiosk Wall painting
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Procession kiosk Downstairs area
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