Namık Kemal
In the hall, oil paintings showing Namık Kemal, an old Tekirdağ mansion and a street in Uzunköprü are hanging on the walls. In a glass cabinet, photos taken in 1883 are on display, of places like Gallipoli, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios, where Namık Kemal served as governor and died in 1888. In another big cabinet, a copy of the first issue of the newspaper "Hürriyet" (Turkish for "Liberty"), he published in London, is shown together with his letters, translations and a prayer mat.