Ethnography Museum of Ankara
The Ethnography Museum of Ankara is a museum of ethnography dedicated to the cultures of historic and current civilizations that flourished in Turkey. The museum building was designed by architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu and built between 1925 and 1928.[1]
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[edit] Temporary resting place of Atatürk
The museum hosted the sarcophagus of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from November 21, 1938 until November 10, 1953, during the period of the construction of Anıtkabir, his final resting place.
After the death of Atatürk on November 10, 1938 at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, his remains were transferred on November 19 by sea on the battlecruiser TCG Yavuz[2] from Istanbul to Izmit and subsequently by train[3] to Ankara arriving on November 20.[4] His flag-draped casket was placed on a catafalque before the building of the Turkish Grand National Assembly for state funeral.[5] On November 21, 1938, his body was brought to Ethnography Museum of Ankara on a horse-drawn caisson. Also British,[6] Iranian[7] and Yugoslavian[8] guards of honor escorted the cortège on its way to the museum.
Atatürk's mahogany casket was placed inside a white marmor sarcophagus, where it remained 15 years long. After completion of Anıtkabır, his sarcophagus was opened on November 4, 1953 in presence of Parliament speaker Refik Koraltan, Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, Chief of General Staff Nuri Yamut and some other high officials. Atatürk's flag-covered casket was taken out and put on a catafalque in the museum, where it remained until November 10, 1953, the 15th anniversary of his death. His body was transferred to Anıtkabir the same day with all the military honors on a caisson in a cortege to his final resting place.[9]
[edit] See also
- State Art and Sculpture Museum
- Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
- Cer Modern: Museum of Modern Arts
- State Art and Suculpture Museum
- Çengelhan Rahmi Koç Industrial Museum
- MTA History of Nature Museum
- Railway Museum
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[edit] References
- ^ Turkish Architecture Museum Database: Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu
- ^ "Yavuz zırhlısının güvertesinde (19 Kasım 1938)" (in Turkish). K-Atatürk. http://www.k-ataturk.com/kronolojik-album-1938-ve-sonrasi/9905-yavuz-zirhlisinin-guvertesinde-19-kasim-1938.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "İzmit’te trene verilirken (19 Kasım 1938)" (in Turkish). K-Atatürk. http://www.k-ataturk.com/kronolojik-album-1938-ve-sonrasi/9903-izmitte-trene-verilirken-19-kasim-1938.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "Ankara’ya varışı (20 Kasım 1938)" (in Turkish). K-Atatürk. http://www.k-ataturk.com/kronolojik-album-1938-ve-sonrasi/9902-ankaraya-varisi-20-kasim-1938.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "Ankara’da Meclis önünde Katafalkta (20 Kasım 1938)" (in Turkish). K-Atatürk. http://www.k-ataturk.com/kronolojik-album-1938-ve-sonrasi/9901-ankarada-meclis-onunde-katafalkta-20-kasim-1938.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "İngiliz Kıt’ası tarafından selamlanırken (21 Kasım 1938)" (in Turkish). K-Atatürk. http://www.k-ataturk.com/kronolojik-album-1938-ve-sonrasi/9900-ingiliz-kitasi-tarafindan-selamlanirken-21-kasim-1938.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "İran Kıt’asın tarafından selamlanırken (21 Kasım 1938)" (in Turkish). K-Atatürk. http://www.k-ataturk.com/kronolojik-album-1938-ve-sonrasi/9899-iran-kitasin-tarafindan-selamlanirken-21-kasim-1938.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "Yugoslav Kıt’ası tarafından selamlanırken (21 Kasım 1938)" (in Turkish). K-Atatürk. http://www.k-ataturk.com/kronolojik-album-1938-ve-sonrasi/9898-yugoslav-kitasi-tarafindan-selamlanirken-21-kasim-1938.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "Atatürk’ün Naaşının Anıtkabir’e Nakli" (in Turkish). Atatürk Devrimleri. http://www.ataturkdevrimleri.com/yazi-775-ataturkun-naasinin-anitkabire-nakli.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. "Ankara – Ethnography Museum". http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313E603BF9486D4371D4DD5E5B420BA4967. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
Coordinates: 39°55′58″N 32°51′18″E / 39.932668°N 32.854894°E
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