The Atatürk Museum in Mersin

Mersin

-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

  is a two storey house in Mersin, which hosted the founder of modern Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, 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....

 and his wife in 1925.

History

The house was originally built in 1897 by H. Christman, the German consul to Mersin when he married to a Mersin citizen (of Mavromati family) . The house was named Krizman house (Krizman konağı) . In 1925, the house was assigned for Atatürk, when he visited Mersin on 20 January with his wife, Latife. They stayed eleven days in this house. In later years, the building was used by Fedon Tahinci family, and was called Tahinci house. In 1980, it was bought by the government. After restoration, it was transformed to a museum specialized on Atatürk and the Turkish War of Independence

Turkish War of Independence

The Turkish War of Independence was a war of independence waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies, after the country was partitioned by the Allies following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I...

. The museum was opened on 12 October 1992.

Displayed items

In the ground floor, there is a photo and document gallery with a small conference room. There are also some personal belongings of Atatürk, brought from Ankara. In the upper floor with seven rooms, two rooms are bed rooms, one room is study and the rest are sitting rooms, all decorated with the original furniture.

External link

• Mersin Metropolitan municipality page