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.
Güpgüpoğlu Mansion Ethnography Museum
Kayseri's oldest surviving house, parts dating to 1419-1497, split into a selamlık ethnography museum and a haremlik furnished as a period home. Closed for renovation.
About the museum
The Güpgüpoğlu Mansion is said to be the oldest house in Kayseri. Its original parts were built between 1419 and 1497, and additions and changes continued until the 18th century. The traveller Evliya Çelebi mentioned the mansion during his visit to Kayseri in 1649.
The house was registered as protected cultural property in 1976 and taken over by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism the same year. It has two main sections, the selamlık, meaning the reception side, and the haremlik, the family quarters. The ethnography museum moved here and opened to visitors in 1998.
The haremlik is arranged as an old Kayseri house, with mannequins recreating home life. The selamlık, reached by a stone stair with a wooden balustrade, holds the ethnography collection from the Turkish-Islamic period in the Kayseri area, including tiles, ceramics, weapons and wooden and metal objects.
Tips
- The official page lists the museum as closed for renovation; check its status before visiting.
- Kayseri's Atatürk House Museum is another historic house in the city worth pairing with it.
Questions
When is Güpgüpoğlu Mansion Ethnography Museum open?
According to the Ministry’s listing it opens at 08:30 and closes at 17:30 (last entry 17:00). Closed: Monday.
Can I buy tickets for Güpgüpoğlu Mansion Ethnography 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 Güpgüpoğlu Mansion Ethnography Museum, buy at the ticket office or on the Ministry’s official e-ticket system.
Where is Güpgüpoğlu Mansion Ethnography Museum?
Güpgüpoğlu Mansion Ethnography Museum is in Kayseri, Türkiye — Cumhuriyet Mahallesi Tennuri Sokak.
Nearby
Kayseri
Kayseri Atatürk House Museum
A 19th-century Ottoman mansion in Kayseri where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed for two nights in December 1919, now a small museum about that visit.
Kayseri
Kültepe Archaeological Site
The ancient city of Kaniş near Kayseri, capital of a Bronze Age kingdom and hub of the Assyrian trade colonies, where cuneiform tablets reveal early merchant life.
Kayseri
Soğanlı Archaeological Site
A quiet Cappadocian valley near Yeşilhisar where rock-cut churches, pigeon houses and fairy chimneys sit among village houses.
More museums in Kayseri
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.