27 historical places in Türkiye can be visited at night

The night museum practice, which attracted visitors last year, will start on June 1 this year, and many museums will welcome visitors later in the evening.

Ephesus Ancient City, which attracts the most attention in night museums and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, will keep its doors open until 23:00 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays this year as well.

In addition to being the commercial and political center of the ancient era, Ephesus is also on the route of history enthusiasts due to the ruins of the Temple of Artemis, which is based on the tradition of the ancient mother goddess (Kybele) of Anatolia, and is considered one of the seven wonders of the world.

Statues that bring civilizations together will also be illuminated

Adıyaman Nemrut Archaeological Site, one of the most visited in Southeastern Anatolia, will be illuminated at night and can be visited by visitors between 04.00-09.00.

The interesting monumental statues on the slopes of Mount Nemrut , at an altitude of 2,150 meters, in the Kahta district of Adıyaman, are among the magnificent ruins of the Hellenistic period.

It is reflected in the records that the statues were a bridge between the West and the East and brought civilizations together because Helen I. Antiochus' mother was of Hellenic origin and her father was of Persian origin.

Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987, the well-preserved 8-10 meter statues, made from limestone blocks by King Antiochus I of Commagene to show his gratitude to the gods and ancestors, are among the most visited in Southeastern Anatolia.

Aspendos, Patara and Side Archaeological Sites are open until 22:00

Alsancak Tekel Factory, one of the important elements of the industrial heritage with its approximately 140-year history, opened its doors to history enthusiasts as the Museum Izmir Culture and Art Factory in 2023 with the intense initiative of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism .

Within the scope of night museums, "Museum Izmir Culture and Art Factory" can be visited until 21:00.

Various museums and archaeological sites in the tourism paradise of Antalya will also benefit from night museums and will meet more visitors. In this context, Antalya Museum, Alanya Museum, Necropolis Museum and Aspendos, Patara and Side Archaeological Sites will be open until 22:00.

Didim Apollon Temple can be visited until 21:00, Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum until 22:00, and Denizli Hierapolis Archaeological Site until 23:00.

The capital's two museums can be visited in the evening

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, which was among the first museums of the Republican era and opened its doors upon the directives of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to establish a Hittite museum in Ankara, will be open as part of the night museum program.

The museum, which displays thousands of years of history of Anatolia from the Hittites to the Urartians, from the Sumerians to the Phrygian civilizations, will be open until 21:00 in the evening.

In this context, Ankara Ethnography Museum, which is Atatürk's first resting place, can be visited until 21:00.

Galata Tower is open until 23:00

Various museums in Istanbul will also benefit from night museums. In this context, the Istanbul Archaeological Museums (excluding indoor areas), the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum and the Istanbul Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum will be open until 22:00.

Galata Tower, one of the most visited historical sites in Türkiye, can also be visited until 23:00.

The natural beauties of Nevşehir, which is visited in all months of the year, will also benefit from night museums. In this context, Zelve-Paşa Bağlar Archaeological Site, Derinkuyu Underground City, Kaymaklı Underground City and Özkonak Underground City can be visited until 21:00.

Samsun Archaeology and Ethnography Museum, which houses artifacts from the Chalcolithic, Early Bronze, Hittite, Hellenistic and Roman periods from Samsun and its surroundings and welcomed visitors in its new service building last year, will also welcome visitors until 22:00 in the evening.

Zeugma Mosaic Museum can be visited until 21:00

Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaic Museum, which houses examples of Late Antique churches and Early Syriac and Christian iconography, will also keep its doors open until 21:00.

In addition to the mosaics unearthed from the ancient city of Zeugma, covering a total area of ​​2,500 square meters and constituting examples of the pinnacle of art, statues, columns and fountains from the Roman Period can also be seen in the museum.

Turkey's largest museum, Şanlıurfa Museum, is also open in the evening hours

Şanlıurfa Museum, which is the largest museum in Turkey in terms of indoor area and exhibition hall, the largest museum in Turkey in terms of the number of animations and among the few in the world, can be visited until 21:00 in the evening.

The museum, where approximately 10 thousand works are exhibited, is among the museums with the longest tour route in Türkiye, with a length of 4.5 kilometers.

Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum in Şanlıurfa, which is the largest column-free structure in Türkiye with an area of ​​6 thousand square meters and a diameter of 82 meters, can be visited until 21:00 in the evening.

Erzurum Museum, which will benefit from night museum activities, will be open until 21:00.