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Key Museum is an automobile museum located in the Torbalı district of İzmir. The museum, which opened on May 6, 2015,[1] is the most comprehensive automobile museum in Turkey, covering an area of ​​7,000 m2 and featuring 76 automobiles and 40 motorcycles.[2] The model years of the vehicles on display range from the late 1880s to 2011.[3]

General Information
The Key Museum, located in Izmir's Torbalı district, opened its doors in 2015 as the most comprehensive classic car and motorcycle museum in Turkey, offering insights into the history of world automobiles. The museum's main collection, founded on a 7,000-square-meter area, consists of 76 classic cars and 40 classic motorcycles, reflecting the passions of Murat and Selim Özgörkey for automobiles. Visitors can explore the journeys of the first models of leading brands in the automobile world, such as Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, Cadillac, and Ford, from the first automobile produced in 1886 to modern-day vehicles. In addition, the museum houses more than two thousand model cars in different scales, 300 automobile mascots (hood emblems), automobile-themed scarves, and an original Shell Gas station equipped with artifacts collected from the early 1900s to the 1960s.

Located on the same route as the ancient city of Ephesus, one of the most significant settlements in human history, the Key Museum provides an essential added value to the Aegean Region's tourism potential. The museum is conveniently situated just 10 km from Torbalı, where the ancient city of Metropolis, which has been excavated for more than ten years, is located. Additionally, the museum is only a 20-25 minute drive from Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport and 30 minutes from Izmir city center, making it easily accessible for visitors. Since its opening, tens of thousands of visitors from both Turkey and abroad, including members of various automobile clubs, have visited the museum. The Key Museum has received positive feedback from visitors, earning it the Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor for two consecutive years and ranking it among the top 2 "Places to Visit in Izmir.

History
Murat Özgörkey began his passion for collecting by gathering matchboxes in his childhood, which later developed into collecting model cars in the 90s. Over time, he grew into a dedicated collector, and with Selim Özgörkey, a rally driver who shared a passion for motorsports, they founded the Key Museum in 2001. Since then, the museum has acquired new pieces and grown its collection every day, with a mission to become a center of attraction not only for automobile enthusiasts but also for those who want to explore the history of the world through the automobile industry. With its extensive collection and exhibition area, the Key Museum is one of the few automobile museums in the world that houses models that have played a significant role in the history of the world. It is an important institution for world museology, but also has a significant accumulation and content for Turkish museology, which is in a period of change and development.

Restoration
One of the distinguishing features of the Key Museum is the extensive restoration work carried out on the cars and motorcycles exhibited in the museum. Using the 'Nuts and Bolts Restoration' method, each vehicle is painstakingly disassembled down to the smallest screw and nut, renewed, and restored to its original condition as if it had just left the factory. This method is not commonly used in the world due to its high cost and technical expertise requirements, but it is an indispensable restoration technique for the Key Museum. Thanks to the expertise of the museum's restoration workshop team, all the vehicles on display are in excellent working condition and superb condition