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Ulucanlar Prison Museum

Tourist attraction Museum

One of the Best Places To Visits in Altındağ


Address

Hacettepe, Ulucanlar Cd. No:63, 06030 Altındağ/Ankara, Türkiye

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4.70 (14.1K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: 10 AM to 5 PM
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 10 AM to 5 PM
  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 5 PM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 5 PM
  • Friday: 10 AM to 5 PM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM

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  • 4/5 Ela J. 4 years ago on Google • 530 reviews
    Beautiful museum with a great story behind it. The only problem is that absoutely everything is in Turkish so if you don't speak it you will be a bit lost.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Murat T. 2 years ago on Google • 11 reviews
    Sehr interessantes und beeindruckendes Museum wo man sehen kann wie auch Prominente wie Muhsin Yazicioğlu, Bülent Ecevit, Nazim Hikmet, Necip Fazil Kısakürek etc. inhaftiert waren und die damalige Zustände. Kann ich nur empfehlen.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Argun K. 6 years ago on Google • 510 reviews
    The museum and the exhibition is very unique and interesting. Moreover, the museum is quite big actually. The entrance fee is 4 liras for adults and 2 liras for students. There is also a parking lot in front of the museum where you can park your vehicle easily. The only struggle must be the lack of information in English. However still it's a must visit please. The museum will give you a proper image of the Turkish political life.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Danny Q. 3 years ago on Google • 256 reviews
    A weird place to visit but nice nonetheless. You can see and feel how prisoners lived their daily lives there. From the outside, it looks like a lot more prisoners were incarcerated there but from the dormitories, less than 100 convicts were there. The only negative point is that all the information is only in Turkish but Google translate really does wonders.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Enes K. 2 years ago on Google • 202 reviews
    Very interesting and historical place. You have to visit it.. Its incredible that they made a very big prison to a museum everyone can visit.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ci O. 5 years ago on Google • 125 reviews
    This place is absolutely recommendable. You can feel the pain the people suffered while they had been in prison. Very rarely I had been impressed so much by a museum. The only thing, there are no English explanations... only for those who have no mentally illness or depression. Otherwise it might influence your mood too much that you might not recover so easily
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jayne S. 6 months ago on Google • 419 reviews
    A really interesting place to visit. Make sure you take Google Translate with you because everything was written in Turkish. We spent about two hours there and also went to the small cafe they have for drinks. The entry fee was very reasonable at 10tl each.

  • 5/5 Berkay K. 2 years ago on Google • 56 reviews
    Prison museums are not that common, and this one didn’t seem like a usual prison to me. Great place for cheap tickets. Would recommend!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Selçuk Cüneyt A. 2 years ago on Google
    This place lets us think one more time for democracy.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ayse T. 1 year ago on Google • 6 reviews
    This place give me mix feeling, see the state my of famous writers, poets, actors, politicians, activists stay was said see where they hand deniz, huseyin, yusuf was even sader
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ramazan K. 8 months ago on Google • 37 reviews
    Eine beeindruckende Atmosphäre. Wie viel Leid. Wie viel Schmerz. Wie viele Schicksale. In diesem Gemäuer durchlebt wurden.

  • 5/5 BusraM 7 months ago on Google • 13 reviews
    I can definitely say that it is the most impressive museum I have visited in a long time. Even the walls speak to those who can understand.

  • 4/5 Rie R. 5 months ago on Google • 7 reviews
    Good museum to visit.

  • 5/5 Olya N. 1 year ago on Google
    Very interesting museum. 👍

  • 5/5 Malik T. 2 years ago on Google
    Highly recommended, you can feel the pain the people suffered while they had been in prison.

  • 4/5 Grzegorz T. 2 years ago on Google
    Very good experience, being lucky to have someone to explain. Unfortunately nothing in English. Due to pandemic not use of headspeakers information in other languages.

  • 5/5 Cooper D. 10 months ago on Google
    Really excellent museum concept. I recommend everyone give it a visit at least once.

  • 5/5 Osman E. 1 year ago on Google
    A place with traces of history. Everything was so realistic and impressive!

  • 5/5 Adam W. 1 year ago on Google
    Really good experience. Well worth a visit and it's basically free. It's 4tl a person. If only english was provided alongside the turkish write ups. Still, must visit in Ankara.

  • 5/5 Eugene G. 1 year ago on Google
    Definitely recommend to visit. Cheap, short, but full of emotions.

  • 5/5 Bayram E. 1 year ago on Google
    The museum gives a great view of the "old" Turkey with the powerful restrictions turkey had on free speech. Would recommend all people to come visit and take a look.

  • 5/5 Murat K. 2 years ago on Google
    It was sad to see the jail conditions. Every inch of it has sorrow and suffering. But it must be seen to understand history and people better.

  • 4/5 Jonas J. 2 years ago on Google
    An important bit of Turkish history. Unfortunately no information in english.

  • 5/5 Wind Mate - ابن �. 2 years ago on Google
    Mind-blowing experience 😳🔥

  • 5/5 Emilia V. 2 years ago on Google
    What an experience...A well preserved and restored museum. Even if you don't know Turkey's history, the emotions are still very powerful. 9TL the entrance fee for an adult.

  • 4/5 Aaren 2 years ago on Google
    A unique experience to see what prison life was like in Turkey where many famous Turkish people serving time here even an old prime minister. There isn't much English explanations but definitely worth a visit just to see.

  • 5/5 Zeeshan A. 2 years ago on Google
    It is a wonderful museum. And ticket price is also very low. 7 TL for adult and 2 TL for students.

  • 5/5 Huzaifa 2 years ago on Google
    A very interesting museum to spend your day exploring.

  • 5/5 Hent G. 2 years ago on Google
    Very interesting! 1925 and before prison

  • 5/5 Özcan Y. 2 years ago on Google
    The old prison has been turned to a museum where you feel sarrow how politics and justice together can be awful for the free thoughts. 😢


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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