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 .