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The building has no inscription, so its date is not certain; it is thought to have gone up in the early 1900s. In 1916 it served as the headquarters of the Second Army, and until 1938 it housed the Inspectorate General. The gendarmerie repaired it in 1973 and opened it as the Atatürk Museum, and it reopened in 2015 after a restoration carried out by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as part of the İçkale project.
It stands inside the İçkale, the inner citadel of Diyarbakır, and the setting is much of the reason to go: the museum café looks out over the Hevsel Gardens, which entered the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015. The mosque of Hz. Süleyman and the tombs of the 27 companions stand immediately next to the museum.
Opening hours change with the season, and so does the closing day. From 1 April to 31 October the museum opens 08:30 to 19:00, with the ticket desk closing at 18:30, and it is open on Mondays. From 31 October to 1 April it opens 08:30 to 17:00, ticket desk 16:30, and is closed on Mondays. Admission is charged.
Visit status for this record: open to visitors.
