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WHY ANITKABIR IS THE BEST PLACE TO VISIT? Anıtkabir is probably one of the most influential buildings in the world. Anıtkabir is in Ankara which is the capital city of Turkey. Anıtkabir (literally “memorial tomb”) is a mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of Turkish war independence and the founder and first president of republic of Turkey. There are a number of reasons why people should see / visit Anıtkabir. Firs of all, it has historical, National and even international importance / significance. The great leader Turkish Independence war and Turkish Revolution and founder of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s life, with full of struggles for Turkish land’s freedom raise the Turkish Nation to the level of civilization, lasted 57 years. It ended on 10th November 1938 and the great leader passed to eternity. So the idea to build the mausoleum (Anıtkabir) to reflect his greatness in every respect and to present his thoughts on principles; his reforms and modernization, was the common desire of the Turkish nation. In deepest grief of losing Ataturk, the first president of the Turkish Republic. The second reason why people should visit Anıtkabir is that it is a fascinating, artistic piece of art. Anıtkabir has the same characteristic of the period and it has many ultimate monument of the era. In addition, Anıtkabir has amazing fascinating Seljuk and ottoman architectural and ornamentation features. For example; the eawes of the towers and the hall of Honor which are Seljuk style saw tooth ornamentation should be seen. The other significant valuable part of Anıtkabir is “wall of the Lions Road” and auxiliary buildings surrounding the ceremonial ground.

It is also worth to see Anıtkabir because all stones and marbles which were brought in from various parts of Turkey where used to build Anıtkabir to represent Turkish People’s devotion, deep law and respect to the founder of the Republic. In other words, this is also very special for foreign tourists, so they come and visit Anıtkabir every year (about 2.420 foreign visitors and 544.20 Turkish Visitors in a year). Therefore, Anıtkabir is amazing, historical for challenging for foreign tourists to visit as it is monumental, symmetrical, cut-stone clad buildings with great emphasis on details. 

The third reason why people should visit Anıtkabir is It has interesting four, mean parts which are “ the street of Lions, the ceremonial Plaza the Hall of Honor (Location of Ataturk’s tomb) and the piece park that surrounds the monument. The ceremonial Plaza is situated at the end of Lions Road. The area is 129 M long and 84 M white and was designed to accommodate 15.000 people. The floor is decorated 373 rug and kilim (Turkish Carpet) patterns, is made in various colors. Hall of Honor, on the other hand, is the iconic symbol of Anıtkabir and the location of Atatürk’s tomb what is more is the park “Peace Park” that surrounds the monument is called a peace park in honor of Atatürk famous expression (“Peace at home, Peace in the world”). It is interesting to see that it contains around 50.000 decorative trees, flowers and shrubs in 104 variety donated from around 25 countries. So, I thinkthis also attracts international tourists’ attention more. Moreover, Anıtkabir such a place where there are towers, statues, museum so it is a very rich complex situated in a historic mystic atmosphere. To sum up, Anıtkabir is of interesting place which has crucial importance for both Turkish and international people in the world. Every one visit and learned about it. As I mentioned above with is amazing seljuck and ottoman architectural features and ornamentation, some symbolic future such as the use of eagle which symbolizes power; the soldier symbolize Turkish Army; the strong, genuine keeper of the peace are worth to see. Also it has a unique historical importance that every one should visit and get information about it.