Kırıkkale MKE Weapons Industry Museum
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Kırıkkale MKE Weapon Industry Museum (Template:Lang-tr) is a museum in Kırıkkale , Turkey. It is at 39°50′48″N 33°30′55″E / 39.84667°N 33.51528°E.Kırıkkale is an industrial city. Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation of Turkey (MKE for shorth) has a weapons factory in Kırıkkale. The museum was established by MKE on 15 July 1990. On 2 November 1993 it was transferred to its current location.
The collection of the museum, as the name implies, is composed of historical (14th-20th centuries) weapons. These weapons are collected from all over Turkey. They are either Turkish or European made. Presently there are 299 weapons in the museum.[1]