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OUR DEEPLY ROOTED WAQF HERITAGE CONTINUED TO ATTRACT GREAT INTEREST IN 2025

12/31/2025

Our waqf museums, which carry our deeply rooted heritage from the past to the future, together with the Taceddin Dergah Mehmet Akif Ersoy Museum House and the Halef Sultan Cultural Center, served as a strong bridge of culture in 2025, hosting a total of 1,826,782 visitors.

Throughout the year, the Ankara Waqf Works Museum welcomed 17,720 visitors; the Selimiye Waqf Museum, 2,845 visitors; the Sheikh Şaban-ı Veli Waqf Museum, 93,419 visitors; the Double-Minaret Madrasa Waqf Works Museum, 983,316 visitors; the Sivas Gök Madrasa Waqf Museum, 227,500 visitors; the Tokat Mevlevihane Waqf Museum, 50,855 visitors; the Taceddin Dergah Mehmet Akif Ersoy Museum House, which preserves the legacy of our national poet, 442,300 visitors; and the Halef Sultan Cultural Center in Tokat, where our cultural heritage is kept alive, hosted 8,827 visitors.

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"As for the issues related to the foundations, it is known that foundations constitute an important asset of our country. I hope that all members of Council of Ministers together with the Ministry Of Religious Affairs and even the Supreme Assembly examine this issue with great care and that this great institution is protected from devastation and made useful for our country in order to ensure that our country can benefit from this asset as necessary."

Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK

1 March 1922, TBMM

 

"The founder's requirement is like the word of Allah and his prophet"

Sinan AKSU

General Director of Foundations

"Waqfs are the emergence of the divine order “you should compete for favor and taqwa”

Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN

TR PRESIDENT

"The understanding of the foundation in our civilization is the formation of the spiritual consciousness that it brings to us."

MEHMET NURİ ERSOY
Minister Of Culture and Tourism