Kahramankazan 15 Temmuz Şehitleri ve Demokrasi Müzesi

About Kahramankazan 15 Temmuz Şehitleri ve Demokrasi Müzesi

The Kahramankazan 15 July Martyrs and Democracy Museum is a state museum run by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Kahramankazan, a district on Ankara's north-western edge. It was built to record the night of 15 July 2016, when a coup attempt was put down by public resistance, and the events that followed, both across Türkiye and in Kahramankazan itself. The museum was opened in a ceremony on 16 July 2019. The building stands on a site of about 7,635 square metres, with roughly 3,600 square metres of indoor space and a garden used for events. The ground floor holds a conference hall, permanent and temporary exhibition rooms, a children's workshop and a cafeteria. At the entrance to the main gallery a glass-walled installation evokes the atmosphere of that night. One wall carries a minute-by-minute timeline of events from the moment the attempt began, while another tells the story in photographs. A section devoted to Kahramankazan's nine martyrs shows their biographies, photographs and personal belongings, and a further area displays photographs of everyone killed that night nationwide. Touchscreen kiosks give access to archive material and to video interviews with local veterans who were wounded. Admission is free. The ministry lists opening hours of 09:00 to 17:00, with the ticket office closing at 16:30, and the museum is closed on Mondays. It is reached by road via the Ankara ring road (O-20) and the Ankara-Bolu road (D750).