Pembe Köşk (Pink Villa) is an Ottoman-era house in the

Çankaya district Çankaya may refer to: * Çankaya, Ankara (neighbourhood), a neighbourhood in Ankara, Turkey * Çankaya, Ankara (district), a district of Ankara, Turkey, which includes the Çankaya neighbourhood * Çankaya, İzmir, a neighbourhood in Konak distr ...

of Ankara, Turkey, which is the city's oldest villa and was the home of

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İsmet İnönü from 1925 to 1973. İnönü purchased the villa in 1924 and it was used for strategic meetings by

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, as well as concerts, gallery openings, pool and chess tournaments and the city's first ball, on February 22, 1927. The building now houses a museum of İnönü's personal belongings and diplomatic photographs which is occasionally opened to the public.

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