The "100th Anniversary of Our Liberation Memorial House", implemented by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality within the scope of the 100th anniversary of the liberation of the city, will be held on September 19 at 20.30. Tunç SoyerIt opens its doors with a ceremony hosted by . The Memorial House, which will host its visitors in the historical Yemişçizade Mansion, was designed as an experience center that will bring the spirit of the National Struggle period to life.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerThe "100th Anniversary of Our Liberation Memorial House", which was brought to the city by . Designed as an experience center rather than a museum, the Memorial House reflects the spirit of the National Struggle period. In the building, whose rooms are designed as places of memory, the "Cabinet of Rare", "Dining Room", "How We Won the War", "Occupation Room", "Atatürk and His Friends of Struggle Room", "Shadow Exhibition", "The Room Seen Through the Window", "Coffee Culture and It has sections such as “Reading Room”, “Flag Room” and “Eternal Memories”.
Transformation of Historical Yemişçizade Mansion
Yemişçizade Mansion, one of the structures witnessing history in Konak, is located in the district known as Kestelli. The building is also known as Alanyalı Mansion. The mansion, which was built in the 19th century and has survived from the Yemişçizade family, draws attention with its ceiling decorations. The mansion, which was used as a land registry cadastre directorate and military service in the first years of the Republic, also operated as Kestelli Girls' School between 1950-1969. It was expropriated by Konak Municipality in 2013.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer made a call and announced that the mansion would be converted into the House of Remembrance and asked all citizens to contribute to the donation campaign launched for the supply of documents and objects. Documents and objects surviving from the War of Independence period were delivered to the Ahmet Piriştina City Archive and Museum (APİKAM) and the 100th Anniversary of Our Independence Memorial House was created with the contributions of the people of İzmir.
Sections from the stages of the War of Independence
In the Memorial House of the 100th Anniversary of Our Independence, there are sections from the stages of the War of Independence. The memorial house was also designed as a green-sustainable building. With the solar panels and water conversion tools in its garden, it shares its environmental awareness as well as energy use with its visitors.
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