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Atatürk Mausoleum

Anıtkabir (literally, "memorial tomb") is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architects Professor Emin Onat and Assistant Professor Ahmet Orhan Arda, whose proposal beat 48 other entries from several countries in a competition held by the Turkish Government in 1941 for a "monumental tomb" for Atatürk.
The site is also the final resting place of İsmet İnönü, the second President of Turkey, who was interred there after he died in 1973. His tomb faces the Atatürk Mausoleum, on the opposite side of the Ceremonial Ground.
Male statue group
Male statue group
Female statue group
Female statue group
The Road of Lions
The Road of Lions
The Hall of Honour
The Hall of Honour
The flag of Turkey
The flag of Turkey
Ceiling in the Hall of Honour
Ceiling in the Hall of Honour
The symbolic 40-ton sarcophagus above Atatürk's tomb
The symbolic 40-ton sarcophagus above Atatürk's tomb
Soldier on ceremonial guard duty
Soldier on ceremonial guard duty
The Ceremonial Courtyard
The Ceremonial Courtyard
Wall relief at the Hall of Honour
Wall relief at the Hall of Honour
The Ceremonial Courtyard
The Ceremonial Courtyard
The arcades which surround the ceremonial courtyard
The arcades which surround the ceremonial courtyard
The Tomb of İsmet İnönü
The Tomb of İsmet İnönü
Peace Park and Ankara city
Peace Park and Ankara city
Turkish flag in flowers in Peace Park
Turkish flag in flowers in Peace Park