Today I went around Eminönü for some reason, and I saw that they had set up a place like a Korean house in Sultanahmet, and a rather large museum made of models in Korean architecture towards the New Mosque (Yeni Camii). When I say a model, it’s a structure built right on the huge street. Anyway, you’ll understand what the inside is like when I put the photos up shortly. By the way, entrance fees are 5 TL for high school students, 8 TL for university students, and 10 TL for regular citizens. Don’t worry, they don’t ask for a student ID card. If they had asked me for a student ID card, I had it with me, but anyway. Look, it just occurred to me, I completely forgot to take a photo of the outside, oh well.

So we first walked in, they said welcome and stuff, we moved a bit further. I had my cousin behind me, so I was looking back at her. Suddenly I heard a sound; it turns out Turks in Korean traditional clothing were right in front of me and I had no idea. All of a sudden, they all bowed slightly together saying “annyeonghaseyo”. I wasn’t expecting it at all. With the shock I experienced at that moment, I bowed so deeply, bending at the waist, that I made the people welcoming us laugh a little. 😀 Then we continued inward. In the first section, there were golden swords, daggers, shoes—but pay attention, they are all made of gold. 😀 Then we moved a bit further inside, towards the second section. In that part, hairpins used by women belonging to Korean culture, dinnerware, and tea sets were exhibited in glass boxes. Let me even present you with a few visuals now..

The bowls you see in this picture were serving plates used by two people to eat. So we understood that two people eat a variety of things in one sitting. The reason I say two people here is because that’s what it said on the information paper.

What you see in the picture above are the hairpins that Korean women used back in the day. I guess the ones on the right are for pinning the front curls, and the long nail-like ones in the back are probably for making a bun 😀 Usually, girls make buns with pencils, so I figured it out from there 😀

And these are the tea sets I mentioned. But when my cousin saw them, she said, “Man, their teapots are smaller than their cups,” and I naturally agreed. Honestly, since I don’t have much information about Korean drinks, those bowls really looked a size larger than that teapot. If 10 guests came to the house, what were they doing, I wonder? 😀

Also, before moving on, I wanted to show you this exhibition hall booklet they handed us. They gave us a booklet about how many halls there are and what is in these sections.

The clothes in this picture belonged to the first king’s wife or something. No need to lie, I only remember the part where it said “first ruler,” and I didn’t read them all properly, but I understood that the woman wearing these clothes was a significant lady. By the way, the person on the left is my little cousin. By the way, the reason I call her little cousin is that she is 4 years younger than me 😀 Eso Paşa 😀

These, if you know, are the clothes of the common people, but in front of the outfit on the left, it said “Beautiful Traditional Clothing”. So are the others not beautiful? I didn’t get that. Anyway, never mind, by the way, the one on the right is me. 😀

Then we came to this part. I’m going to say old for this part, but I feel like there are still people in Korea using houses with doors like this. I mean, they set up a mini Korean house room. In the middle of the room, on a reading desk (rahle), there was some handwritten stuff in Korean. In the background, there were pictures projected onto the wall as a slide show. By the way, since the time we went was a bit late, we wandered around freely in an empty place. There were barely 30 people inside, including the staff. By the way, I’ll share a few passing photos, then I’ll write a few more things at the bottom.

Yes, this part was one of my favorite sections. You might have noticed the colorful papers in the latest pictures. Everyone writes whatever they want about Korea. There were people writing really nice and funny things. I took pictures of a few examples, I hope you like them. For instance, one of them writing “One day my mom will understand that you are Korean, not Chinese” was nice. Some were fully in Korean, and the ones who wrote them were Koreans, of course. Also, you might have noticed in the last picture, my cousin’s picture is right in the middle of the playing slide. They set up a system with a mechanism there that takes your photo and throws it directly onto there. And it turned out really great. 😀

Apart from these, I also shot a video that lasts about 2-3 minutes. But if anyone wants it, I’ll upload it. The videos I shot include a Korean show performed by small robots, footage of a friend who is the grandchild of a Korean War veteran being a guest to Koreans who witnessed the war and a video of them talking, and various images from inside the fair, I mean the museum. I am ready to upload these videos if you want, but you need to state this request in the comments section. 😀

Finally, this museum, fair, or whatever it is, is a structure located next to the New Mosque in Eminönü. I guess it will continue until September 22nd. I had mentioned the prices earlier. It’s a museum you can tour in about half an hour. It might take a bit longer if you watch the videos and stuff in full, though. If friends who go to this museum also share their thoughts in the comments section, we would be providing information to other friends. Anyway, Stay well! May God bless you..