Anıtkabir

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Anıtkabir (Turkish: [aˈnɯtkabiɾ]; lit. 'grave monument') is a complex located in the Çankaya district of Ankara that contains the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Designed by Emin Onat and Orhan Arda, construction of Anıtkabir began in 1944 and was completed in 1953. In addition to the mausoleum building and various other structures and monuments, it consists of a wooded area known as the Peace Park. Following Atatürk's death on 10 November 1938, it was announced that his remains would remain at the Ankara Ethnography Museum until a mausoleum could be constructed in Ankara. A commission was established by the government to determine the location where the mausoleum would be built. In accordance with the report prepared by the commission, the Republican People's Party parliamentary group decided at its meeting on 17 January 1939 that the structure would be built on Rasattepe. Following this decision, expropriation proceedings were initiated for the relevant land, while an international...

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