Namık Kemal Dungeon.

What to see at Namık Kemal Dungeon

• A two-storey Ottoman prison of cut stone, built over the remains of the Venetian Palace.
• The lower cell is one rectangular room under a barrel vault, with a low arched door and two windows on the palace courtyard.
• A steep stone stair rises to the upper room, which has two large windows, a landing and a marble floor.

History of Namık Kemal Dungeon

1873

After his play Vatan yahut Silistre is staged in Istanbul, Namık Kemal is exiled to Cyprus and held here for 38 months.

1876

Murad V pardons him on 3 June, and he returns to Istanbul.

1993

The dungeon becomes a museum; it was rearranged in 2023.

Visiting Namık Kemal Dungeon

Allow about half an hour. The dungeon stands inside the walls of Gazimağusa (Famagusta). A car park is mapped about 50 m away, and no bus stop is mapped within about 500 m.

Monuments near Namık Kemal Dungeon

• Famagusta Walled Cityabout 50 m north-westA Gothic city of churches inside Venetian walls.
• Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosqueabout 100 m eastA French Gothic cathedral with a minaret, the centre of old Gazimağusa.
• Othello Castleabout 350 m northThe harbour citadel of Gazimağusa, known in English as Othello Castle.