Atatürk and Ethnography Museum

This two-storey wooden building on the Hisarkapı road in Uşak was put up in the 1890s and belonged to the Kaftancızadeler, one of the town's leading families. During the War of Independence it served as a headquarters. Atatürk and his commanders arrived in Uşak from Dumlupınar on 2 September 1922 and moved the commander-in-chief's headquarters here. On the night of the second, the Greek general Trikopis and his staff, defeated at Dumlupınar, surrendered to Turkish forces near Uşak. Atatürk received the captured commander here and treated him with the hospitality the Turkish side became known for.

The state expropriated the house in the 1970s and opened it on 1 September 1978 as the Atatürk and Ethnography Museum. The ground floor shows regional ethnographic material, including old Uşak carpets and Eşme kilims, along with local clothing, jewellery and weapons used during the War of Independence.

The upper floor is arranged as an Atatürk museum: a study, a bedroom and a meeting room where important war decisions were taken. Furniture, mirrors and armchairs from the period are joined by items and clothing that belonged to Atatürk, transferred from the Ankara Ethnography Museum and Anıtkabir Museum.