Museums to open in Bayram holiday

ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency

A number of museums in Turkish provinces will open for the second day of Kurban Bayram holiday today, according to an announcement by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry.

In order to meet high demand regional museums will be open today, a written statement from the ministry said, adding that Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace Museum will open tomorrow.

The museums open today are: Aydın Museum (Aydın), Amasya Museum (Amasya), Cumhuriyet Museum, Etnography Museum (Ankara), Antalya Museum, Alanya Museum, Side Museum (Antalya), Amasra Museum (Bartın), Burdur Museum, Çanakkale Museum, Çorum Museum, Edirne Museum, Eskişehir Museum, Erzurum Museum, Gaziantep Museum, Hatay Museum, Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Hagia Sophia Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, Yıldız Palace Museum, Hisarlar Museum (Istanbul), Izmir Museum, Çeşme Museum (Izmir), Konya Mevlana Museum, Mardin Museum, Mersin Museum, Bodrum Underground Archaeology Museum, Marmaris Museum, Fethiye Museum (Muğla), Hacıbektaş Museum (Nevşehir), Samsun Museum, Sinop Museum and Trabzon Museum