Taceddin Dergahı Museum

Taceddin Dergâhı Museum was constructed in 2011 by the Bağcılar Municipality in Istanbul. The building was realized with exact dimensions and the same orientation, faithfully following the architectural plan of the original İstiklal Marşı-written Taceddin Dergâhı in Ankara.

^{Safahat Room} (Bağcılar Belediyesi)

The interior of the museum consists of five distinct sections: the Room Similar to the One Where the İstiklal Marşı Was Written, Safahat Room, Family Room, Research Room, and Münevver Environment. At the exit, visitors can leave their thoughts in a Book of Honor.

^{Room Where the İstiklal Marşı Was Written (Akif, To Avoid Forgetting the Verses That Came to Him One Night While Contemplating the İstiklal Marşı, Inscribed the Third Stanza of the March on the Wall with a Nail Using Rika Script)} (Bağcılar Belediyesi)

The Taceddin Dergâhı Museum houses a large collection including artifacts brought from countries such as Egypt and Albania. The museum inventory includes 685 written works and 127 original materials. The main exhibited works and objects are as follows:

^{Signed Greeting Card from the Period When Akif Was Chief Editor of Sebilürreşad Magazine} (Bağcılar Belediyesi)

• The original stone record of the İstiklal Marşı melody and the handwritten poetry notebook,
• Notarized contract plaque for the Quran translation,
• Ceiling-hung seal, carved wooden painting, bed, gas lamp, and Anatolian-style kilim belonging to Mehmed Âkif Ersoy,

^{Akif's Münevver Environment} (Bağcılar Belediyesi)

• Letters from family members and photographs of his son Emin Bey, son-in-law Ahmet Bey, and grandchildren Ferda and Selma Hanım,
• Photographs of Mehmed Âkif during his illness, the funeral procession where university students carried his coffin, his tomb, and photos taken with friends in Egypt,

^{Various Magazine Covers, Poems, Translated Works} (Bağcılar Belediyesi)

^{Safahat Room} (Bağcılar Belediyesi)

• Portraits and photographs of Mustafa Kemal and his comrades, Said Halim Pasha, Abbas Halim Pasha, Süleyman Nazif, Cemalettin Afgani, Şerif Muhiddin Targan, Neyzen Tevfik, Hüseyin Kazım Kadri, Yozgatlı Mehmet İhsan Efendi, Eşref Edip Fergan, Ömer Ferit Kam, and Mithat Cemal Kuntay,
• Paintings depicting the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, Zağanos Paşa Camii, the original Taceddin Dergâhı in Ankara, the house in Hilvan, the Egypt Apartment, and the Halkalı Veterinary and Agriculture Schools,
• Sırat-ı Müstakim magazine, a set of ten postcards, and the chief correspondent greeting card for Sebilürreşad.

The original Taceddin Dergâhı and mosque, which inspired the museum in Istanbul, are located in the Hamamönü district of Ankara. The only surviving structure from this complex in the form of civil architecture today is the selâmlık building.

Mehmed Âkif Ersoy resided in this selâmlık building with his friends Hasan Basri, Müftüzâde Abdülgafur, and Mehmet Vehbi when he came to Ankara to join the National Struggle after the occupation of Istanbul (April 1920 – May 1921). The sixth book of Safahat, Âsım, containing the poems "Bülbül" and "Süleyman Nazif", was written in this building on 17 February 1921. After the closure of tekkes and zâviyes, the building was used as a wooden school and was transferred to the General Directorate of Foundations in 1986. Today it operates as the Mehmed Âkif Ersoy Museum.

The museum is open daily from 09:00 to 17:30 on weekdays and from 09:00 to 16:00 on Saturdays; it is closed on Sundays.