Culture and art / House museum
Cevdet Sunay Museum
Çaykara, Trabzon
The village house where Cevdet Sunay, Türkiye's 5th President, was born, restored and turned into a house museum in 2001.
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Its story
Cevdet Sunay was born in 1900 in Ataköy, in Çaykara; after serving as Chief of the General Staff, the 5th President and a quota senator, he died in 1982. The house where he was born was restored and opened to visitors as a museum in 2001. The building, a typical two-story village house, has cut-stone outer walls and wooden interior partitions. The entrance hall is arranged like the living space of a traditional Black Sea village house; Sunay's books, photographs, documents and desk are displayed in the study, and original belongings of his in the bedroom and guest room. It is on the road to the Sultan Murat Highland.
Key facts
- Period
- Museum since 2001
- Getting there
- Ataköy, 21 km from Çaykara, Sultan Murat Highland road
- Visit duration
- 30 minutes
Trip purpose
- Quiet
- Rainy day
Location
40.70010, 40.22945
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://www.kulturportali.gov.tr/turkiye/trabzon/gezilecekyer/cevdet-sunay-muzesi | https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cevdet_Sunay_Müzesi | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6048671