Sadberk Hanım Museum

Vehbi Koç Foundation's Sadberk Hanim Museum is Turkey's first private museum intended to exhibit the private collection of Sadberk Kog, the wife of Vehbi Koç. The Museum was opened on 14 October 1980 at a building called the Azaryan Mansion in Sariyer-Büyükdere. Azaryan Mansion was built at the end of the 19th century and was purchased by the Kog family in 1950. It was used as the family's summer retreat until they decided to convert the building into a museum in 1978. Between 1978-80, the building was subjected to a restoration project by Sedat Hakki Eldem and was converted into a museum. The museum's collection initially consisted of the private collection of Sadberk Kos, which included traditional costumes, embroidery, silver artifacts with "tugra" and porcelain and suchlike artifacts, and in due course was augmented with donations and purchases. Following the demise of Hüseyin Kocabas, one of the outstanding collectors of Turkey, his collection was also added to the Sadberk Hanim Museum's Collection. In 1983, Vehbi Koç Foundation decided to purchase the neighboring mansion that is believed to have been built around the beginning of the 20th century to accommodate the Hüsevin Kocabas Collection, and the mansion's facade was restored in its original form.