Topkapı Palace
The sultans’ palace on Sarayburnu: courtyards, the Imperial Council, the treasury and the terraces over the water. Dated entry, sold online on its own site.
Aşık Veysel Museum
The village house in Sivrialan where the beloved bard Aşık Veysel lived and died, now a small museum with belongings, photographs and touch-friendly displays.
About the museum
Aşık Veysel is one of the best-known voices of Turkish folk music, yet many admirers have never seen where he came from. The museum stands in Sivrialan, a village in the Şarkışla district of Sivas, in the very house where he died. Blinded in childhood by smallpox, he learned to play and sing on his own terms, and after touring the country and its village institutes he chose to return to this quiet place, saying the city noise closed off his ears.
The Ministry of Culture expropriated the house in 1979 and opened it as a museum in 1982. It was renewed in 2012 through an EU-funded inter-museum project, which added a new two-storey building beside the old house. Inside you will see the singer's personal belongings, regional textiles and photographs, and the first floor of the new building is designed with visually impaired visitors in mind.
It is a modest, personal place, more about atmosphere and memory than spectacle.
Tips
- Sivrialan is a village in Şarkışla, well outside Sivas city centre, so plan transport in advance.
- Ask the staff about the exhibits made for visually impaired visitors.
Questions
When is Aşık Veysel Museum open?
According to the Ministry’s listing it opens at 08:00 and closes at 17:00 (last entry 16:30). Closed: Monday.
Can I buy tickets for Aşık Veysel Museum on this site?
No. This site sells no tickets. Topkapı Palace, the Basilica Cistern, Hagia Sophia and Dolmabahçe Palace are sold on our sister sites; for Aşık Veysel Museum, buy at the ticket office or on the Ministry’s official e-ticket system.
Where is Aşık Veysel Museum?
Aşık Veysel Museum is in Sivas, Türkiye — Sivrialan Köyü.
Istanbul tickets online
Four Istanbul landmarks, each sold on its own site by the agency behind this guide — dated entry and free cancellation up to 24 hours.
Basilica Cistern
Justinian’s great underground reservoir: 336 columns in still water and the two Medusa heads. Fast-track entry with a digital audio guide.
Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s cathedral, the sultans’ mosque and a working mosque again today. The ticket admits you to the upper visitor gallery.
Dolmabahçe Palace
A nineteenth-century palace on the water’s edge: the Selamlık, the Ceremonial Hall under its chandelier, the crystal staircase and the Harem.