In addition, the museum received Turkey's Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards in 2012.
Saying that the visitors' interest in the museum is increasing every year, Çomak noted: "We were doing very well in the first three months of 2020. There was a tourism boom in the city."
In 2019, the museum had over 340,000 visitors. He said due to a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, Turkiye had to adopt precautions and lockdowns, resulting in a drop in tourist numbers and visits.
He expects that this number will be exceeded this year.
The museum is also open seven days a week, he added.
