Anıtkabir

Local nameAnıtkabir
LocationMebusevleri Mah., Ankara, Turkey

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and the first President of Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by the architects of 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 «monument» 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.

Tags Monument
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anıtkabir

Address (Unnamed Road), Çankaya 06570, Turkey

Coordinates 39°55'30.04" N 32°50'12.846" E

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