Atatürk Museum) is a national museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 dedicated to the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

, founder of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in the district of Şişli

Sisli

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, on the European side of Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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It is located in a three-storey house built in 1908. Atatürk rented the house after returning from the Syrian Front and lived there with his mother

Zübeyde Hanim

Zübeyde Hanım was the mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only daughter of the Hacısofular family which included her two brothers...

 and sister

Makbule Atadan

Makbule Atadan was the sister of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only one surviving sister of Atatürk, while the other four siblings died at early ages....

. He lived there until May 1919 when he went to Samsun

Samsun

Samsun is a city of about half a million people on the north coast of Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Samsun Province and a major Black Sea port.-Name:...

. The building was bought in 1928 by the Istanbul Municipality and Atatürk's belongings were stored there. The house was converted to museum and opened to visitors on June 15, 1942 as Atatürk Revolution Museum.

The museum houses personal belongings of Atatürk, clothes, historical documents, personal collections, photographs and paintings.

External links

• Images of Atatürk Museum