About this part of the city
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Museum
The historic Taceddin Dervish Lodge in Hamamönü where national poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy resided and composed the Turkish National Anthem in 1921.
Situated in Hamamönü, Altındağ, within the Taceddin Sufi Lodge grounds. National poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy lived here while serving in the First Grand National Assembly in 1920–1921.
In this modest house, Ersoy penned the immortal lines of the Turkish National Anthem. The museum exhibits his personal watch, quill, spectacles, manuscripts, and period furnishings.
Key Highlights
- Entstehungsort der türkischen Nationalhymne
- Persönliche Manuskripte und Andenken des Dichters
