“The Odunpazari Modern Museum in Eskisehir will be like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao." This is the hope and goal of the architect Erol Tabanca, chairman of the construction group Polimeks, who became an avid — and eclectic — art collector in the 1990s.
Tabanca used to show his private collection — of more than 600 works that ranges from paintings to video art — to friends and visitors at his house and office. The collection is eclectic, with examples of the main currents of Turkish art from the 1950s to the 21st century. “When it became too large, instead of looking for bigger rooms or storage space I decided to build a museum," he told Al-Monitor. The Odunpazari Modern Museum opens to the public Sept. 8.