With his passion for antiques, he collected nearly 1000 historical objects from 16 provinces.

SİVAS (AA) – SERHAT ZAFER/ÇETİN KARAÇOBAN – The garage of 64-year-old Recep Aslan, who lives in Sivas, equipped with antique items he has been collecting for 15 years, resembles a small museum. Aslan started collecting antique objects about 15 years ago when he became interested in the old items he used for decorative purposes in his friends’ homes. Bored with city life, Aslan started to spend the summer on the farm inherited from his father in the Kutuurt hamlet of Kurtoğlu village in Ulaş district.

Provincial protocol and citizens also visit the garage in front of Aslan’s house, which he has equipped with old items over time. Recep Aslan told the AA correspondent that he started collecting antique objects about 15 years ago, inspired by the horse carriages, oxcarts and old agricultural tools he saw in the gardens of farms in the city center. Explaining that he turned the approximately 120 square meter area he built as a garage into a museum, Aslan stated that all the objects he exhibited here have a centuries-old history.

Stating that old kitchen and household items and agricultural tools have antique value, Aslan said, “The dates are written on most of the objects.” This is a love. I traveled to 16 provinces and collected nearly 1000 historical objects. he said. Aslan emphasizes that he buys objects by spending huge amounts of money from time to time and says, “It is a huge financial loss.” There is satisfaction in everything, but we can’t get enough of this job.

There is no way to raise money for this business. There are at least 1000 pieces, large and small, here, maybe even more. he said. – The oldest of the objects is a 300-year-old ladle. Stating that those who visit his garage, which he describes as a museum, like it very much, Aslan said: “Everyone who sees this place likes it and enjoys it. They are happy, when they are happy, I am happy too. This is my hobby and I spend time here in my spare time.

I clean and delete the works. 70 percent of the materials here are over 100 years old. The oldest is the 300-year-old scoop. There is a relief camel figure in the middle and Ottoman writings around it. There are tiger and deer figures on the handle. The name of the Armenian master who made it is written on it. There is an old field radio telephone, model 1915. There is a 120-year-old wall clock, a French-made pig stove, a 1896-model Russian-made samovar, and a 1956-model record player radio.

I bought the 150-year-old samovar from an antique dealer in Istanbul, it came from America. I know the history of each of the works here. Aslan stated that he procured the objects from 16 provinces, especially Istanbul and Ankara, and said, “I’m curious, I have such a disease.” All antique dealers know that I buy objects, but they also know that I do not sell them. I don’t plan on selling it because I’m a collector. he said.