Anıtkabir in Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey

[Tunahan]

Anıtkabir (literally, "memorial tomb") is the mausoleum of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architects Professor Emin Onat and Assistant Professor Ahmet Orhan Arda, whose proposal beat 48 other entries from several countries in a competition held by the Turkish Government in 1941 for a "monumental tomb" for Atatürk. The site is also the final resting place of İsmet İnönü, the second President of Turkey, who was interred there after he died in 1973. His tomb faces the Atatürk Mausoleum, on the opposite side of the Ceremonial Ground.

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English : Anıtkabir

Turkish : Anıtkabir

[MashaPS]

Hi @Tunahan,

Thank you for sharing this interesting piece of history. Can you please add more information and pictures of places to visit in Ankara. I know a lot about Istanbul, but never been to your capital.