The Marmara Region - Turkey with Your Family: From Bustling Bazaars to Historic Sites - page 108

other museum during your stay
in Turkey, be sure to include
the Çanakkale Archaeological
Museum in your schedule. It really
does have something for everyone
and you could easily spend a day
here. Fortunately its restaurant has
a menu designed not only for tired
mums and dads, but lively young-
sters with big appetites too; ice
cream in various flavours is high
on the list of temptations.
Open 8.30am-5pm Tues-Sun.
Admission 8 YTL. Amenities restau-
rant, shop, toilets.

to be drawn to the many minia-
ture versions of bowls and plates,
while the gardens provide a break
for them between viewing the
collections.
Open 8am-5pm daily, closed Mon.
Admission 6 YTL. Amenities shop,
toilets.

★
The Sö g üt Museum, Ertu g rul Gazi
Caddesi, Sö g üt, Bilecik. b +90 228
361 36 94.
The Sö g üt Museum in the pretty
town of Sö g üt in the Sakarya
Valley tells the fascinating story
of how the residents of Bilecik
lived during the Ottoman
Empire. A collection of pictures,
garments, household items,
weaponry and other artefacts
found locally is on display.
Children tend to be irresistibly
drawn towards the series of life-
size busts of famous figures from
Turkey's history. The museum
plays a significant role during
the Ertu g rul Gazi commemora-
tion festival (see p. 91) held
every year in the late summer.
Open 9am-6pm daily, closed Mon.
Admission 5 YTL. Amenities toilets.

Sögüt Museum, Bilecik

FIND

★★
Iznik Museum, Müze Caddesi, Iznik,
Bursa. b [phone].
Noted for its celebration of the
skills of Ottoman artisans who
created the intricate blue and
white pottery seen throughout
Turkey, the Iznik Museum lies
opposite the Yesil Camii in Iznik
in what was once believed to be
one of Sultan Murat I's soup
kitchens. While plates, dishes and
goblets were made by craftsmen, it
is probably the Iznik wall tiles that
are the most famous. They adorn
many private dwellings in the
country, as well as a large number
of its palaces and mosques. The
17th-century Sultanahmet
Mosque in Istanbul, otherwise
and more famously known as the
Blue Mosque, acquired its nick-
name specifically because of the
Iznik tiles that cover almost every
surface of its interior and give it a
blue glow. The museum has an
impressive collection of Iznik
works inside, and more in its
large gardens. Children are likely

Iznik Museum, Bursa

The Atatürk and Ethnography
Museum, Adapazari,
Sakarya

★
The Atatürk and Ethnography
Museum, Adapazari, Sakarya.

Although quite small, the Atatürk
and Ethnography Museum in
Adapazari, the centre of Sakarya,
offers an interesting insight into
the life and times of Atatürk, the
founder of the Turkish Republic.

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