| Established | 21st June1960 |
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| Location | Çankaya, Ankara, Türkiye |
| Type | Historical Museum |
Atatürk and the War of Independence Museum is a museum that was opened to visitors on June 21, 1960, located in an area of 3,000 square meters under the Hall of Honor, where Atatürk's mausoleum is located, in Anıtkabir.
The part of the museum, located between the National Pact Tower (Misak-ı Milli Kulesi) and the Revolution Tower (İnkılap Kulesi), has been serving as the "Atatürk Museum" since 1960. This section was combined with new sections at the end of a work that started in November 2001 and lasted for 9 months, and was opened to visitors by then President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit on 26 August 2002, the 80th anniversary of the Great Offensive. The museum was built by the order of Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu, the Chief of General Staff of the time, and was prepared under the coordination of Mehmet Özel, the art consultant of the General Staff.
Sections
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Atatürk and the War of Independence Museum consists of four sections:
In the first part, Atatürk's personal belongings,
In the second part; Çanakkale Land and Sea Battles panorama,
In the third part; Sakarya Pitched Battle and Great Offensive panorama,
In the fourth section; There is a vaulted corridor enriched with reliefs, where Atatürk's revolutions are introduced with photographs and explanations.
Some interesting pieces in the first part are the wax statue of Atatürk and the stuffed body of his dog Foks.
The panoramas in the second and third sections recreate the events that took place during the Çanakkale War and the Turkish War of Independence, using the paintings of the period. A battlefield is arranged with models in front of the panoramas and a three-dimensional effect isachieved. In front of the Çanakkale War Panorama, the bullets, guns, cannons, burnt wheels and oxcarts used in this war are exhibited. While watching the 40-meter-long panoramas whose script was written by Turgut Özakman, the visitor is listened to the music composed by Muammer Sun, war effects such as cannon sounds, ship whistles, sword clicks, horseshoes and "Allah Allah" cries.
In the middle of the second and third sections, portraits of the commanders who participated in the War of Independence and large paintings depicting the War of Independence are exhibited. These works were created by Russian artists in a studio in Moscow.
The fourth section consists of thematic exhibition areas located in 18 vaults in the corridor surrounding the panorama section. In the vault museum, the events that took place from Mustafa Kemal's departure to Samsun until his death are told with about 3,000 photographs. Each vault describes a revolution. Along the gallery where the vault museums are located, the busts and biographies of 20 heroes, soldiers and civilians, from Kara Fatma to Şahin Bey are exhibited. The area where the fourth section of the museum is located is the section between the columned hall that sustains the Hall of Honor, where the Atatürk mausoleum is located, and the foundation walls of the Anıtkabir. The vaulted chambers were prepared for the burial of the Presidents of the Republic of Turkey, but were not used and included in the museum.
At the exit of the museum, there are models of the house where Atatürk was born, the first parliament building, the Military Academy, Turan Erol's large painting depicting a section from the Çanakkale Wars, and various Atatürk photographs.
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Cannon card carrying Atatürk's funeral.
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One of the reliefs in the museum
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One of the reliefs in the museum
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One of the reliefs in the museum
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One of the reliefs in the museum
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One of the reliefs in the museum
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One of the reliefs in the museum
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One of the reliefs in the museum
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Panoramas in the museum
editThree panoramas that are unique in the world are exhibited in the museum: the Çanakkale Land and Sea Battles panorama of 6x40 meters, the Sakarya Pitched Battle panorama of 7x30 meters and the Great Attack panorama of 7x30 meters. These panoramas and the giant paintings in the museum were made by 12 Russian painters led by Aydın Erkmen.
In order to create the panoramas, 14 thousand square photographs were taken using extras in the areas where the War of Independence battles took place, based on the scenario written by Turgut Özakman, and sketches were prepared using these photographs. Aydın Erkmen drew the sketches of the panoramas; color sketches made in Russia. In large painting studios in Russia and the Netherlands, huge panoramas were made as a whole and a machine was built to wrap them; Thus, the panoramas were shaped into cylinders and transported to Ankara by plane, and then brought to Anıtkabir from the airport by trucks. The cylinders were opened with a special machine and attached to the base, and the damaged parts of the works were renewed by working on them for 20 days.
Ataturk Private Library
editAtatürk Private Library, which was created within the museum, was opened with a ceremony on 26 June 2005. The library, where 3 thousand 123 books belonging to Atatürk are exhibited, is designed to enable visitors to access the books in a computer environment. Visitors can access information about books from touch screen information devices. The library also gives visitors the opportunity to get information about the books that make up Atatürk's intellectual life and to examine the books he has read and highlighted.
Related Publications
edit- Anıtkabir Anıtkabir Müzesi. Ankara: Anıtkabir Komutanlığı. 1994.
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