Tarihi Tahtalı Hamam

Where were the old baths, there were no queues, now they are irrelevant

Restored to its fidelity Highlight for history

they have made the ruin structure a beautiful museum.

Beautiful historical place mosque well maintained

19th century Ottoman period work. An active bath until 1965. Although small, it is a beautiful museum to be seen.

It is located in the B.Mustafa Paşa neighborhood of Malatya Battalgazi district, north of Tahtalı Minare Mosque, on the 75th block, parcel no. 380. The bath was taken under protection by the Ankara Cultural Heritage High Council with the decision dated 16.05.1986 and numbered 2329. According to the information received from Malatya Land Registry and Cadastre; The hamam was expropriated on 23.09.2014 and was built on an area of ​​771.64m2 including the garden area. The bath, built in the South-North direction, dates back to the 19th century. It was built at the beginning of the century, and its exact date is not known. It has a plan with four cross-like iwans and corner private cells. The outer walls of the bath are deaf and the facades are built with rough cut stones in neat rows, and cut stones are used at the wall corners. The bath, which has a garden of approximately 300 m2, was built on an area of ​​476 m2. The dressing area is 12x12 m. It is in size and has a square plan. This section is covered with a round drum dome resting on wide squinches. There is a bench on the south, east and west facades of the dressing room. A round-arched doorway on the northern façade of the dressing room leads to the warm room. There are 2 toilets in the western part of the warm room, and there are two toilets opposite these toilets. Access to the section to the east of the warm room is provided by a round-arched doorway. In this section, there is an open-top space (thought to be a water tank) on a 50cm high bench. The transition to the warm room is provided by a round arched door opening. The temperature is in the plan with “cross-like four iwans and corner private cells”. Domes were used for private rooms, and vaulted covers were used for iwans. There are three stone basins in each of the iwans and four each in the private rooms. The connection to the water tank is provided through a rectangular opening, which can be reached by a step from the northern iwan of the hot room. The Kulhan mouth can be seen on the north wall of the water reservoir on the north façade. The restoration has been an application that includes the interventions made in order to transfer the cultural product, which is a historical document, to future generations. The aim is to preserve the historical identity and document value of the building. The purpose of the building, which was functionalized as a Turkish Bath Museum after the restoration, was to document, protect and transfer the Turkish bath and cleaning culture to the future. Textile products, metal and bone items used for centuries in Turkish baths are exhibited. The traditions and oral culture elements formed on the axis of Turkish bath culture, in other words the intangible cultural heritage, are tried to be introduced and transferred to the younger generation in the museum with costumed museum experts, amateur theater performances, conferences, gallery talks and auditory displays.

A nice museum explaining the bath culture

Open every day, very well set up. It contains information about Malatya bath culture.