A very important historical and cultural complex in the Turkish capital Ankara, is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal, the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic. Another name of the mausoleum - anıtkabir, which in Turkish means "mausoleum tomb."

For a great contribution to the creation of modern Turkey and the development of national consciousness among the people of the Turks, Kemal Ataturk is called, which means "father of the Turks" .  During his fifteen-year reign, the Turkish nation has almost reached western standards of living, and made a great leap forward .  Ataturk built a school in every town and every village, changed the Arabic alphabet in the Turkish language into Latin, more accessible and familiar to most of the other nations .  Mustafa separated religion from public relations and became a reformed Turkish laws, urging them to modern international standards .  During the period of his rule, the country women were given equal rights with men in the country was formed by the current economic system and the existence of names have been officially recognized .  Mustafa Kemal selflessly served his people and made the revival of the nation, for which he received the respect and even awarded the construction of the mausoleum . Atatürk died on November 10, 1938, having lived more than 56 years .  The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the mausoleum was held six years later, in October 1944, and ended with the construction of the complex in 1953 .

Prior to the construction of a competition was announced for the best project, which was attended by 27 foreign and 20 Turkish architects. The winners were Turkish architects Emin Onaton Khalid Ahmed and Orhan Arda. During the construction of the project has undergone minor changes, which arose due to financial difficulties. The project has been provided with two floors, but only one was built, fortunately it does not affect the magnificent structure. The total area of ​​the complex is 750 thousand square meters. This includes the mausoleum itself, park, museum and other buildings.

At the site of the mausoleum was located earlier observation station, and on top of the hill is the burial which belonged to the ancient State Friga, founded in the early 12th century. When the decision to build the mausoleum was made, it was necessary to free the territory from the graves and organize archaeological excavations. Carrying out these works donated to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, which are now household items inhabitants Friga, a large number of priceless historical finds.

The magnificent mausoleum complex built in the style of ancient Anatolian and Hittite ages, it combines both ancient and modern architectural features. Most interior trim is made of marble and travertine, which were brought from different parts of Turkey. Finishing mausoleum columns and sculptures of lions was made of white travertine, delivered from County Pınarbaşı Kayseri region. The memorial plate on the sides were lined with white marble brought from the region of Afyon. To finish the ceremonial area was used red and black travertine, delivered from Kayseri region, and more specifically, from the village of Boğazköprü. From the village Eskipazar region was brought Çankırı yellow travertine, which was used for decoration columns ceremonial area.

The construction of the complex of the Mausoleum of Ataturk is composed of three parts: the central alley with lions, ceremonial square and the mausoleum itself. The building of the mausoleum is located ten symmetrically arranged towers, each of which represents the most important ideas of Mustafa Kemal, influenced the development of the Turkish state. On the roofs of the towers are located Turkish bronze spear - in ancient times, such spears set on the tops of the tents. The sayings of Ataturk are inscribed on the inner walls of the towers. In the heart of the ceremonial room is decorated with quotations from the works of Ataturk oratorical Tribune. The body of the father of the Turks at the bottom of the mausoleum, a tomb, a symbolic memorial plaque in the Hall of Fame. The special containers placed around the tomb, is the earth, brought from different regions of the country.

Atatürk Museum, which collected his library and personal belongings is not far from the Mausoleum. Inspect the car, which drove Mustafa Kemal can be in front of the museum.

The building of the mausoleum dominates the delightful park Baris, which brought seedlings of trees from all regions of Turkey and around the world, such as Greece, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Afghanistan, Norway, United States, Egypt, Cyprus, Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria Spain, Belgium, France, Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, China, India, Iraq, Israel. The number of trees that grow in the park currently stands at 48, 500 thousand, among them more than a hundred different kinds of plants.

Each year, the complex is visited by millions of visitors every year, and their number is growing. Ankara boasts many interesting historical monuments, but among the modern buildings of the mausoleum of Ataturk can be called one of the most important.