Balkan History Museum
In the Hıdırlık Bastions in Edirne, there are the headquarters building, where an epic resistance was shown against the Bulgarians under the command of Şükrü Pasha, 18 artillery rooms, a 120-meter tunnel and 4 corridors. The arrival of the enemy armies coming from the Balkans to the capital Istanbul without encountering a serious resistance prompted the Ottoman administration to establish a defense line in Edirne. On top of that, nearly 30 bastions were built in the city, the largest of which was Hıdırlık. The Hıdırlık Bastion was built between 1886 and 1888 and was used as the headquarters of the famous Edirne defense during the Balkan Wars. The restoration of the Hıdırlık Bastion, which was accepted as the symbolic place of the Edirne Defense in the 1912-1913 Balkan Wars, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Balkan Wars, was completed on 17.07.2015. It was deemed appropriate to function as the "Edirne Balkan History Museum" so that the area would not be idle again after the restoration. The purpose of use of the building after restoration; It has been designated as the "Balkan History Museum", which tells the 600-year history of the Turks in the Balkans, from the conquest of Edirne in 1361, which took place with the transition of the Turks to Rumelia, until after the Balkan War in 1913. Within the scope of the exhibition-organization works in the Hıdırlık Bastion, the finds revealed during the restoration of the real estate and the materials reflecting the active period of the bastion, as well as firearms such as cannons, rifles and pistols reflecting the Balkan Wars Period and the Early Republic Period, cannonballs, all kinds of war equipment and military equipment reflecting the period. clothes are used.
