The biggest feature that makes Fidanka peerless is that it continues a unique family legacy. Antiques are our greatest passion left to us from our ancestors. They are not just decorations for us. In addition to a huge collection that we have inherited from our great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers, we host hundreds of antiques and unique objects, each of which has a different story, that we have collected from Turkey and all over the world, and we make our guests, whom we consider as our family, be a part of these stories.
Wooden handmade toys, blown bottles, enamels, earthenware jars, cloths, lace, rag bags, cross stitches, atlas quilts from our grandmother's dowry chest, needle lace, our grandfather's sword, valuable paintings, mosaics we made ourselves, ceramic pieces collected by our own hands from various villages of Europe... They all tell our guests stories from their own time. It is our greatest happiness to share with all our dearest guests our home, which is a tiny museum for us, all the beauties that we search for with passion as if we are searching for treasure which appears like miracle surprises of life in surprising times..
and placing them right in the middle of life as if they've been right there for thousands of years.A small example is the color of our page below :)
A cute log from a nearby village. Sitting atop is an Ottoman bath bowl, with geraniums that we planted.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
Old animal bells collected from antique shops from Gaziantep and İznik.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
A yoghurt cup from our clay collection, donning flowers from Fidanka’s garden.
A gift from Yasin, of Kale Pension, one of several paintings by an English artist in love with Kekova-Kaleköy.
One of our favorite toys of our childhood, the 70s. Also bought from Berlin, handmade, tiny, about 4cms tall.
Our precious among our bronze collection, the tiniest oil lamp we have ever encountered, size of a marble, from an antique store in Toscana, Italy.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
From times when money was not so “everyday,” fabric pouches that women sewed from leftover cloths.
A very old opaline vase, from Paris, holding a lace bridal bouquet, from a collector in Bandırma.
Porcelain Limoges glasses, bought from an antique shop in Berlin. In front of them are handmade Santon dolls from Provence, France.
From times where perfumes were sold on streets, the box was bought from an antique shop in İzmir.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
An old wine bottle from our collection of bottles, also loved dearly. Inside it is a red flower, found on the ground, in Sabanci Museum’s garden.
Teardrop canisters, not ancient, of course. A dentist in Antakya makes these as a hobby through glass blowing and aging techniques.
A wooden stair we obtained from the plateau village Bezirgan. In front, small antique containers and our 30 year old candle-flower. She ceremoniously flowers once every two years.
The most colorful plate from our enamel collection, from an antique shop in Urla.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.