The Law Museum of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations stands within the union's building in the Çankaya district of Ankara. Its founding was decided by a resolution of 21 December 2005 and it came into service on 3 April 2012. It is, according to Turkish Wikipedia, the first and only museum of law in Türkiye.
The collection holds works of historical and artistic importance that show visually how law has changed from the age of myth to the present. The inventory also holds the dress of lawyers of various periods, legal documents, objects used by lawyers, Ottoman law books, photographs and sculpture.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Ankara as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.4 °C in January to 23.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (52 mm) and lightest in August (13 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
