Taşucu Atatürk Museum is a house museum in Turkey. The museum is in

Taşucu __NOTOC__ Taşucu (Greek: Ὅλμοι, Holmoi) is a small town of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. It obtained the status of Municipality after the local elections in Turkey, 1955. By the new regulations on the constitution, it legally got the sta ...

town of Silifke ilçe (district), Mersin Province at . Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder of modern Turkey was fond of Taşucu and visited the town four times: 28 January 1925, 12 May 1926, 11 February 1931, and 20 February 1935. During these visits, he likened Taşucu to Thessaloniki, Greece in which he spent his childhood. In 2000s Taşucu municipality decided to build a replica of his

house A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...

in Thessaloniki as a memorial house. Thus, this house, unlike most other Atatürk memorial houses in Turkey, is not a house in which Atatürk actually stayed. The building was opened to visits on 12 May 2005 after a ceremony in which Rauf Denktaş the leader of Turkish Cypriots attended. The ground area of the three storey wooden house is . The area including the yard is . On the ground floor, Atatürk's life in chronological order is exhibited by panels. In the upper floor, there are three rooms; a kitchen, a library, and a guest room with prayer facility. On the uppermost floor there are two rooms; a room of Zübeyde Hanım (Atatürk's mother) and the workroom of Atatürk. The bathroom and the balcony are also on this floor.Mersin Ören Yerleri Kaleleri Müzeleri, İstanbul, 2009, , p. 247

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{{Mersin Province Museums in Turkey Buildings and structures in Mersin Province Atatürk museums Silifke District Museums established in 2005 2005 establishments in Turkey Mersin Province

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