The Izmir Atatürk Museum is a museum in

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

, Turkey. Founded by

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...

, a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, and the first president of Turkey, the Izmir Atatürk Museum opened to the public on 11 September 1941, on the 19th anniversary of Atatürk's arrival in Izmir. On 13 May 1988 it was officially named the Izmir Atatürk Museum, which it is called today.

History

Izmir Atatürk Museum was built between 1875 and 1880 by an Armenian carpet merchant, Takfor Spartalian, in 1. Kordon (Atatürk Boulevard), Gündoğdu Square, Alsancak, İzmir. This structure was built as a house, but was abandoned by its owner, after which it was nationalized. For a while, the Turkish Army used the building as its headquarters and Atatürk stayed and carried out his private studies in this building. The Treasury leased it to Naim Bey to be used as a hotel and the hotel was named as Naim Palas. Atatürk and

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

stayed in this hotel.

İzmir Municipality İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

purchased the building and gave as a gift to Atatürk. After Atatürk's death, the municipality transformed the building into a museum. Today, the building is used as a museum exhibiting the writings of Atatürk and his personal effects.

Architecture

The building was built in downtown Izmir, near the sea. It is surrounded by residential buildings such as apartment complexes, cafes and restaurants. The structure of the building contains influences from Greek and Armenian culture, which differs from the structure of the surrounding classical-style buildings. The exterior facade is symmetrical, with palm trees also planted in symmetry. On the front facade, there are ten longitudinal and narrow windows, which reflect their own architectural style with the ornaments, a bay window and a high door. There is a high door and a glass part above it, with statuettes and pictures of Greek and Armenian culture inside. The interior doors nearly high, and a single style of chandeliers is used. These chandeliers have mechanisms to raise and lower them for changing the candlesticks. There are a large number of mirrors which lend a sense of space, ornamental niches, and some

Doric column The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

s in the backyard. The structure employs stone masonry walls, while the doors, windows, bay window and stairs are wooden, and the basement was furnished with marble flag pavement. In some rooms, carpets were used. In the hall, in the right and left niches, there are some marble statuettes, a large crystal mirror and a bust of Atatürk. Fireplaces from the 19th century are used. In general and for the exterior facades, white and shades of white were used. Sunlight is provided by high doors and windows.

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