Atatürk Museum (, ''Mousío Atatúrk''; , "Atatürk House Museum") is a

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Overview

The house is the birthplace of the founder of modern

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, who was born here in 1881. It is a three-floor house with a courtyard on 24 Apostolou Pavlou Street, next to the Turkish Consulate. There are four rooms on the ground floor. On the 1st floor is the reception room, with European sofas, a large console table, and a chased brazier; a large sitting-room, with low banquettes around the walls; Kemal's mother's room, with a bed, a banquette, and a trunk; and the kitchen, equipped with contemporary cooking utensils. The most impressive room on the 2nd floor is the one in which Kemal was born, a large room with a banquette, his desk, and a large brazier. It faces another room, in which some of Kemal's personal effects from

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are displayed. These include formal dress, smoking requisites, cutlery, cups, and other items. All the documents relating to Kemal's schooldays have been hung on the walls. A

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tree planted by Kemal's father still grows in the courtyard. Museums of Macedonia
web site The building was repaired in 1981 and was repainted to its original pink. Most of the furniture is authentic. Any missing items were replaced with furniture from Kemal's mausoleum and from Topkapi Palace in

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. There are photographs on all the walls of Kemal at various periods of his life.

History

Before the recapture of

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in 1912, it was known as "Koca Kasım Paşa district" during Ottoman rule. It was built before 1870 and in 1935 the Thessaloniki City Council gave it to the Turkish State, which decided to convert it into a museum dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Until the

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of 1955, the street in front of the house was named "Kemal Ataturk". In 1981, a replica of the house was built in

Gallery

File:AtatürkMuseumThessaloniki.JPG, View from outside File:AtatürkMuseumThessaloniki (22).JPG, Wax sculpture File:Macedonian_Museums-74-Spiti_Kemal-325.jpg, Living room File:Macedonian_Museums-74-Spiti_Kemal-326.jpg, Atatürk's sleeping quarters File:Macedonian_Museums-74-Spiti_Kemal-327.jpg, Atatürk's personal items

References

External links

www.museumsofmacedonia.grwww.studylanguages.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ataturk Museum (Thessaloniki) Museums in Thessaloniki Historic house museums in Greece

Museums established in 1953 1953 establishments in Greece Ottoman architecture in Thessaloniki Greece–Turkey relations