Atatürk’s symbolic tomb made up from a single
piece red marble is plain. His corpse is buried in
a special Tomb Room below the Hall of Honor.
There are 10 towers having different symbolic
meanings namely Independence, Freedom,
Mehmetçik, Victory, Peace, April 23, National
Pact (Misak-i Milli), Reforms, Republic and
Preservation of Rights inside the Anıtkabir
placed symmetrically starting from the entrance.
Inside the pyramid roofs built on the rectangular
plan, geometric ornamentation inspired by
traditional Turkish carpet (kilim) patterns and
motifs, can be found on the towers' ceilings in
fresco technique.
Reliefs displaying figures about the name of the
tower and sayings of Atatürk, can be seen at the
interior walls. Tomb of the Second President of
Turkey, İsmet İnönü is placed in between the
Victory and Peace Towers. The museum which is
entered from the National Pact Tower located at
the left of Monumental block when viewed from
the Ceremony Ground was opened on June 21
1960 under the name of the Anıtkabir Atatürk
Museum. Within the framework of a project
prepared by the Commandership of Anıtkabir
in 2001, approximately 3.000 square meter
long columned area under the Hall of Honor
at the mauseleum is included to the museum.
The museum’s display areas reached to 5.200
square meters with the framework of the project.
The museum together with the new edition
completed on August 26, 2002 was opened with
a state ceremony. Starting from this date, the
museum is called as the Atatürk and the War of
Indepedence Museum.
At the first section of the museum made up of four
sections, personal belongings of Atatürk, gifts from
foreign statesmen and belongings of Atatürk donated
by his adopted children namely Afet İnan, Rukiye Erkin
and Turkey’s first female pilot Sabiha Gökçen can be
seen. The second section of the museum is decorated
with oil paintings of epic the War of Gallipoli, the Battle
of Sakarya and the Great Offensive. This section aims at
displaying the hardships experienced for the foundation
of the Turkish Republic. The third section includes
gallaries explaining the War of Independence and
reforms as well as Atatürk’s Tomb Room. This section
explains the events that took place between 1919-
1938 in Turkish and in English. The last section plays
host to the Special Library of Atatürk including 3123
books belonging to Atatürk. There is also a computer
section in this section which includes
documentations about the construction
of Anıtkabir, the life of Atatürk and
ceremonies took place in Anıtkabir.