Anitkabir
is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish
War of Independenceand the founder and first President of the
Republic of Turkey.
The mausoleum looks a lot like the
Parthenon in Athens, with tall columns at its entrance. As the video
illustrates, there were moments when horns blasted over the speakers
and all of the visitors stopped to pay tribute to the Father of
Turkey.
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.
It’s hard to not
be impressed by this extravagant memorial. On the 69th anniversary of
his death, over milion people visited the mausoleum to pay respect to
the Father of Modern Turkey.
Think about that for a
moment!
