Literary tourism, collective memory, and education: cultural memory experience at the Yahya Kemal Museum

Çevik, Samet; Baleiro, Rita

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Çevik, Samet

Baleiro, Rita

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This study explores the educational function of the Yahya Kemal Museum within the scope of literary tourism and its role in the transmission of collective memory. The primary data for the research was obtained through an in-depth interview with the museum representative and analysed using content analysis, focusing on the museum's daily operations, visitor profile, and narrative strategies. Findings indicate that the museum positions Yahya Kemal not merely as a poet but as a symbolic figure of cultural memory and national identity, particularly through presentations, multivision screenings, and guided narrations designed for school groups, who constitute the largest segment of visitors. Personal belongings and archival materials serve to concretise an individual life story, while school collaborations, travelling presentations, and multilingual informational materials transform the museum from a static exhibition space into an active educational venue that communicates memory rather than just preserving it. Thus, the Yahya Kemal Museum is conceptualised not only as a place of display but as a literary hub that teaches, recalls, and reconstructs memory. In this respect, the study argues that literary museums should be examined not solely as nostalgic spaces but as dynamic environments of cultural learning.