War of Independence
Museum (First Turkish Grand
National Assembly building)
Initially planned as the Committee of Union and
Progress Party building and designed by the pious
foundation's architect Salim Bey with the order of
Enver Pasha and the construction, which started in
1915, was supervised by the Army Corps architect
Hasip Bey.
The building which is considered as one of the
First National Architecture Period buildings, was
used as the Turkish Grand National Assembly
building between April 23 1920 and October 15
1924, and it has been decided to be converted to a
museum at 1957. It was opened to visitors under
the name of “Turkish Grand National Assembly
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Museum” on April 23, 1961 and re-opened on April
23 1981 under the title of the In 2009, it is handed
over to the Turkish Grand National Assembly
Directorate as a part of a protocol signed between
the directorate and the Ministry of Culture and
Tourism.
Personal belongings of Atatürk and some
deputies, ethnographic materials, War of
Independence Medals, war tools, sketches of
the Constitution, communication tools such
as telephones and morse code writers and oil
paintings are displayed as a part of museum’s
collection.
Addres: Doğanbey Mah. Cumhuriyet Bulvarı
No: 14-Ulus-ANK.
Phone: (312) 3107140- 3104960/ 188
Visiting Days: Everyday except Mondays.
Open between: 09.00–17.30
Military Museums The museum is affiliated to the Commandership of
Anıtkabir.
The Alagöz Headquarters
Museum Address: Alagöz Köyü -Ankara-Eskişehir Yolu 31.
km. Polatlı-ANK.
Phone: (312) 2317975 Fax: (312) 2315380
Visiting Days: Everyday.
Open between: During summer: 09.00–17.00
During winter: 09.00-16.00
The Alagöz Headquarters building was used as the
head quarters by Chief Commander Mustafa Kemal
while the Turkish Army was withdrawing to the Sa-
karya frontline at the end of the Kütahya-Eskişehir
wars. This building is the place where Atatürk took
the note saying, “I went to the war headquarters in
the Polatlı province with Chief of General Staff
Fevzi Çakmak on August 12, 1920” and this note was
mentioned in his Great Speech. Its current location
Alagöz village is connected to Ankara-Polatlı road
with a 4 kilometer long side road. The cross road is
36 kilometers away from Ankara and 31 kilometers
away from Polatlı. Its location is approximately
9 kilometers southeast to the Malıköy train station.
Alagöz village currently playing host to 45 houses
and 285 people was a small farm made up of a few
buildings during that period.
Farm house belonging to Türkoğlu Ali Ağa was
used as the headquarters. Atatürk commanded the
war that lasted for 22 days and 22 nights from
August 23 to September 13 1921, prepared his plans
and took important historical decision in this
building.
AnıtkabirAtatürk and War of
Independence Museum
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. Personal
belongings of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and
gifts presented to him by foreign statesmen
were displayed in the museum for many years.
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,
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