Orhan Kemal Museum

Orhan Kemal Museum was established in 2000 in the Cihangir neighborhood of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district to honor the memory of one of the most prominent names in Turkish literature.

Inside the Orhan Kemal Museum

Collection of the Museum

Orhan Orhan Kemal Museum houses numerous personal belongings of the writer, various publications and news articles about him, letters written by his admirers and friends, and many other items.

The museum displays 70 photographs of the writer’s private life, mostly taken by Ara Güler, along with family photographs, original first editions of his books, personal letters, newspaper clippings, articles and doctoral theses about him, his study room, the typewriter he used, two mannequins dressed in clothing he wore, his pipe, his brush, his personal effects, a plaster cast taken from his face after his death while lying on his bed, his trousseau chest, an old radio, a record player, his desk, a broom, a wall-mounted gas lamp, a bookshelf filled with books, photographs taken while he was in prison, display cases with socks, an iron, a set of cufflinks, a fountain pen, a filled inkwell, a bottle of ink, scissors, and a caricature by Turhan Selçuk bearing the inscription “Where Have You Been All This Time, My Friends!?”^【1】 

Location of the Museum

Museum Orhan Kemal Museum is located at Kılıç Ali Pasha Mahallesi, Akarsu Yokuşu Sokak No: 30, 34433 Beyoğlu/İstanbul.