Ataturk Museum is located on the Avenue Halaskargazi in the district of Şişli. He called the name "Atatürk", which means "father of the Turks". Mustafa Kemal, thus awarded the Turkish people for the enormous contribution he made to the formation of national consciousness of the Turkish nation. A beautiful three-story building served as the seat of Ataturk. Mustafa Kemal, after returning from the Syrian front, rented a house in Sisli, where he once lived with his sister and mother Mukbule Zubeidi Hanim. His mother and sister drove to the top floor, Mustafa Kemal himself lived on the middle floor and on the first floor of a building located his adjutant.
This house was built during the occupation of Istanbul (1908), after the First World War and witnessed numerous meetings and meetings of Mustafa Kemal and his associates. Previously, the house was bought by the Istanbul Municipality at Tahsin Uzera and converted into storage space for paintings of outstanding artists of the time, and many other materials that have a spiritual and historical value.
The building is a striking example of neoclassical buildings. It consists of three floors and the basement. The museum has a rectangular shape, and the rear facade is a covered gallery. The entire courtyard of the complex covers an area of about 852 meters.
The basement floor is completely Uslan marble slabs on which is ushaksky carpet. Carpet embroidered pattern in the form of teeth in the form of a saw white, black, coffee, beige, green, gray and red colors. Atractive he twisted fringe. The lobby has windows that overlook the garden and the street. They hang cambric curtains with curtains, painted yellow leaves and blue flowers on a red background. Curtains top and sides are covered with a frill of the fringe. Here are statues, a large mirror and a bust of Ataturk. On the left side of the bust is a desk covered with blue cloth, which has a book to record comments and wishes of visitors.
Left and right is a room with a fireplace that dates back to the XIX century. On the second floor staircase, on top of which there are two statues of knights, made of bronze. Near the wall cabinet is composed of two parts. It is decorated with openwork patterns and has two doors and three drawers. The color, wardrobe blends with the color of the ceiling and floor of the lobby. Immediately on the wall hangs a portrait of Ataturk. His personal belongings are also on the second floor. More here is the assembly hall, living room, study, bedroom, hairdresser, lobby to wait, library, dining room and other utility rooms.
In the assembly hall, there is a short round-shaped table, made in the old style, with its spread on a green cloth. Around the table there are twelve chairs arranged along the walls and ten low chairs (padded stool-like), their backs are decorated with images and scenes from works Sakaspere. In the center of the ceiling hangs a gas lamp with a white shade of the old style.
The office is a table of mahogany, which are written instruments used by Ataturk. The windows hang curtains cambric with lace embroidery at the ends and satin curtains of red with beige bows made in the form of flowers. Bedspread on the couch and pillow cases made of fabric of the same color on top of which a cape thrown over from Batista with embroidery and lace on the edges.
The room, which exhibits personal documents and papers Ataturk, is as follows: the floor is carpeted nothing, so as not to distract from the exhibits visitors' attention. The windows also hang modest cambric curtains. In this room there are shelves and showcases books and pictures hung on the walls.
Personal belongings of Atatürk on display in shop windows located in the following order: first Showcases: caps, sports shirt and gray suit; second Showcases: vest white and black, cylinder, gloves and tails; third Showcases: shoes and a light coat of black demi-season; fourth Showcases: scarves, caps marshal box for storing cards, tie, ashtray, table bell, two pieces of beads, cane, whip and coffee cup.
Other rooms are decorated with statues, vases and paintings.
After Atatürk's death his villa was handed over to a private board and in 1939 turned into a night school for girls and Crafts Institute for girls. In 1952, the villa passed to the Ministry of Agriculture and until 1980 served as the Bureau of one of its departments. Finally, the owner of the mansion was the Ministry of Culture, which restored the building and made his house-museum.
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