Kuruköprü Memorial Museum and Geleneksel Adana Evivisitor guide.

ADANA KURUKÖPRÜ MONUMENT MUSEUM and TRADITIONAL ADANA HOUSE To display the rich archaeological heritage of the region, the Adana Museum of Antiquities was founded in 1924 under the direction of Halil Kamil Bey, known by the nickname "Alyanak". Cafer Ağa Madrasah near the Stone Bridge was initially selected as the museum premises; after serving for a time, following the demolition of the dilapidated building, the museum was transferred to the Greek Church. In 1937, Museum Director A. Rıza Yalgan added a new ethnographic division to showcase the ethnography of Çukurova, whereupon it assumed the title "Adana Archaeology and Ethnography Museum", establishing our country's first open-air museum. Serving as Adana Museum from 1950 onward, the building functioned as an antiquities depot after the modern Archaeology Museum opened in 1972 and many artifacts were relocated. Reopened as the Ethnography Museum in 1983 following restoration, ethnographic collections were transferred to the existing Archaeology Museum in 2008 when building restorations commenced under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Restoration campaigns commenced in 2013 and completed in 2015 culminated in its official inauguration on 07.04.2017 by our President during a collective opening ceremony in Adana, entering service as Adana Kuruköprü Monument Museum and Traditional Adana House. Endowed with fertile agricultural lands and an advantageous geographic crossroads, Çukurova and its surroundings hosted numerous civilizations throughout history. The Tanzimat Edict proclaimed in 1839 granted non-Muslim subjects rights to self-governance and the construction of schools and places of worship, spurring extensive church construction across Anatolian towns. The Adana Greek Church is one of the religious monuments erected during this era. Most churches in Adana and surrounding districts were constructed on a three-aisled basilican plan, akin to Greek churches in Istanbul and Ottoman Anatolia. Externally rectangular in an east-west orientation, the interior exhibits a three-aisled basilican plan. The church is entered through a southwestern rectangular portal. Inside the triangular pediment above the entrance is a sun (illumination) emblem. The double-leaf iron portal is partitioned into rectangular and square panels decorated with floral motifs. Between the door and upper arch stand decorative elements styled as column capitals. According to a nine-line Greek inscription on a marble plaque above the western portal, the church was built in 1845 by the Greek community. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS ADANA ATATÜRK HOUSE MUSEUM ADANA ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM ANAVARZA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE