National Struggle Museum.

Milli Mücadele Müzesi · Lefkoşa

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The Turkish Cypriot account of the conflict, from the late 19th century to 1974.

What to see at National Struggle Museum

Block A shows documents, weapons, paintings, clothing and photographs of the Turkish Cypriot national struggle from 1878.
The garden has armoured vehicles and a cannon used by the Turkish Resistance Organisation (TMT) from 1963 to 1974, and statues including Atatürk.
Block B follows the story from the island's geology to the founding of the TRNC.

History of National Struggle Museum

1978: Building work on the museum starts on the bastion.
1982: The museum first opens on 1 August.
2023: Renewed under the patronage of the TRNC Presidency, with help from Ankara's Etimesgut Municipality, it reopens on 15 November as the Turkish Cypriot History, Culture and National Struggle Museum.

Visiting National Struggle Museum

Allow about half an hour. The museum is on the Barbaro bastion (Musalla, now Barbar) of the Lefkoşa walls, just east of Kyrenia Gate (Girne Kapısı). A car park is mapped about 50 m away, and the Girne Kapısı bus stop is about 100 m away.

Monuments near National Struggle Museum

Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia wallsabout 200 m south-westThe best-preserved gate of Lefkoşa's Venetian walls, built in 1567.
Mevlevi Tekkeabout 200 m south-westThe lodge of the whirling dervishes of Cyprus, built about 1593–1607.
Lusignan Houseabout 500 m south-eastA fifteenth-century noble house blending Lusignan and Ottoman building traditions.