sentences:  In 1960, upon an order by then Air Force Command Air General İrfan Tansel, the idea of building an Aviation Museum in Turkey was raised and, to that end, it was requested with an order issued in 1963 that aircraft used by the Air Forces and other units, one from each, should be reserved.As a result of the efforts exerted, an Aviation Museum Organization was established in 1966 and Turkey’s first Aviation Museum was inaugurated at the Civil Airport in İzmir Cumaovası in 1971.Despite attracting great attention at the inauguration, a search commenced for a new building area for the Aviation Museum, since at its existing location it did not attract sufficient visitors due to its distance from the city center and transportation difficulties.