Inan Kirac tells the story of how the collections he and his wife Suna acquired over the years were turned into a museum:"If you have the time and the means, you slowly begin to fill your house, your study, with beautiful things-more than just beautiful, with things that have a meaning, a depth, a history. Even if your job is the world's most tiring and difficult and you don't have enough time for such things, when you come home at night, or when you leave your work on your desk and lean back in your chair, those works of art gradually draw you into their own world; they make you think, they console you, they give you rest and make you happy. This instinct to share, which is perhaps one of the best aspects of human nature but which unfortunately doesn't always come out, this desire to share your valuable things with other art lovers, scholars, young people and children grows from day to day, and compels you to make certain decisions. The idea of founding the Pera Museum and opening up our family collection to the general public in a special museum arose in just this way.