Ankara – Ashraf AboArafe
It was remarkable yesterday, Saturday, the large turnout of Turkish citizens and foreign tourists to visit the memorial (which means in Turkish: Anitkabir) of the founder of the modern Turkish Republic, President Mustafa Ataturk, as people lined up to take their turn to enter the memorial square.
https://youtube.com/shorts/DOMuW0MiDsI?si=dUSZQdVAbxkOeaLD
The remarkable thing is also that the process of entering and exiting is done easily and smoothly in silence as if they were attending a funeral..
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The remarkable thing is also the provision of all the needs of the visitor from toilets.. drinking water and cafeterias that include all kinds of food.. young men and women as well as the elderly.. the cleanliness of the place.. the whispering of visitors without noise.. taking memorial photos easily without restrictions.. the wonderful security organization even during the process of changing the guard at the memorial.. etc.
https://youtube.com/shorts/StOfqyif-M4?si=50OlZHmJ-NgxMSaX
The mausoleum is located in the capital Ankara in the Rasatepe district and was designed by architects Emin Onat and Ahmet Orhan Arda, whose design beat 48 other entries from several countries in a competition led by the Turkish government in 1941.
https://youtu.be/sRnPlGizRFs?si=ulEGw9BLyx6t14jQ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of the Republic of Turkey, died in Dolmabahce Palace, his official residence in Istanbul, on November 10, 1938. His state funeral was held in the capital Ankara on November 21, and was attended by dignitaries from seventeen countries.
https://youtu.be/sRnPlGizRFs?si=t-QB_JOIiWc9GQUW
After arriving at the Ethnography Museum in Ankara, Atatürk’s coffin was placed inside a specially built white marble sarcophagus, which was covered with the Turkish flag. His body remained in the Ethnography Museum in Ankara until November 10, 1953.
https://youtube.com/shorts/OpUxmrr4I4c?si=lrYPF1Ddvz-i0pMV
Officials planned to build a huge mausoleum for Atatürk on the highest hill in Ankara, which was then known as Rasatepe.
