The mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatrk
An #305;tkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatrk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architects 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 "monumental mausoleum" for Atatrk. The site is also the final resting place of #304;smet #304;nn, the second President of Turkey, who was interred there after he died in 1973. His tomb faces the Atatrk Mausoleum, on the opposite side of the Ceremonial Ground.From:milo davidorfViews:1 0ratingsTime:00:51More inTravel Events

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