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Ataturk Museum

Ataturk Museum
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ayurvedicosteo
UK26 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Solo
If you are interested in Turkey at all you must visit if in the area. Its very much a pilgrimage for any Turkish citizen. The museum is in Turkish and English and is very informative. There are many old photographs which are amazing and added to my understanding of what a contribution he made to relations. I learnt alot. Tricky to find but persevere. The entrance may confuse you as it's guarded and fenced off. Nice courtyard garden to rest in and toilets. FREE entrance.
Written June 24, 2023
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CheeseburgerParadise
Sydney806 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2023
As of April 8, 2023 the museum was definitely open. Free entry. Interesting as place Ataturk was born and raised for first few years of his life. Small museum that can be covered well in under an hour. As part of the Turkish consolute the museum is officially on Turkish soil so there's that curiosity.
More hagiography than anything else.
Clean bathrooms in the yard next to pomegranate tree supposedly planted by Ataturk's father and under which he played as a child.
Written April 11, 2023
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Gaye N
Perth, UK500 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2022 • Couples
Can I first say the museum is open. You have to press a bell to be admitted. Good security behind Turkish Consulate. Well worth a visit, anyone interested in local and international history. Not very big but this is the house Kemala Mestafa Ataturk was born . Plenty of photographs and background history. The museum was free which is unusual in this day and age.
Written October 18, 2022
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Fikri K
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5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Family
Atatürk was born under the name Mustafa in 1881. His birthplace was in Salonika, Macedonia. Salonika was then part of the Ottoman Empire. He took the name Kemal as a schoolboy and Atatürk when he was president.
Written October 9, 2022
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Aethelred
Cambridge, MA1,260 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022
Even if Atatürk is not your personal hero, this is an interesting museum and well worth visiting, both as such - as an excellent, well-maintained example of an Ottoman upper-class townhouse in a city that for the Ottomans wasn't periphery but core part of the Empire - and regarding the background of the founder of modern Turkey. Recently renewed tensions between Greece and Turkey make this all the more pertinent. The beautiful complex - nice garden - is part of the secured Turkish Consulate General and so one must go through security, but in a sense, one then is in Turkey for a short hour or so, as there is some extraterritoriality here. I should point out that when I visited on a Sunday morning during summer vacations, it was nicely filled but not crowded, there was no line, security guards were very courteous, and I did not need to show any ID.
Written August 11, 2022
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Dan R
Herzliya, Israel673 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022
An excellent museum. This is the house where Kemal Ataturk was born and lived for the first years of his life. The place is very well maintained, the biography, achievements, personality of Ataturk as well as the history of his family are very well presented. The exhibition is tri-lingual (Greek, Turkish, English) so tourists can enjoy it as well. Entry is free of charge.
Written May 1, 2022
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jackemu
Cirencester, UK9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 • Solo
Really nice place with a really nice atmosphere. the museum though small is a great place to learn more about Atatürk especially the fact it is free of charge all you must do is provide your phone number, name and country. i would really recommend for any travellers!
Written August 19, 2021
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lina
18 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2021
It is well known that Kemal Attaturk, the father of Turkey's modern nation, was a pioneer political figure of turkish modern history, Anything you need to know about him will be presented to you at this museum. Totally worth your time.
Written February 28, 2021
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Jatita
Washington, DC30 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
Interesting in situ view of his early life. Easy to get to from the usual Salonica must-sees. More security than usual tourist stops.
Written February 20, 2020
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Carol A S
Marietta, GA4,202 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019
The Ataturk Museum is on a small side street (Apostolou Pavlou) which runs north from main street Agiou Dimitriou near the historic eastern Byzantine walls. This modest three-story house is where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish state, was born in 1881. The house is Turkish in style, with tall shuttered windows and an overhanging upper floor to shut out the sun and catch the breeze. There is an adjacent courtyard containing the pomegranate tree planted by Ataturk's father. Rooms inside the house contain period furniture (most original), papers, personal effects and photographs (interpretive signs in Greek, Turkish and English). I was most struck by the simple room where Atatürk was born,containing his desk, couch and a large brazier. The house was given to the Turkish State in 1935, and is adjacent to the Turkish Consulate. In September 1955 (during the Cyprus crisis) a bomb exploded close to the Turkish consulate slightly damaging the Atatürk Museum; now soldiers have a guard box at the end of the street. The museum is open every day from 10am to 5pm with no entry fee.
Written February 1, 2020
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Ataturk Museum is open:
  • Sun - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM