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as an art gallery and second floor opened as the museum of railways. Exhibitions contributing to the promotion of the TCDD which are followed by thousands of people, serves as a meeting point of artists and art lovers in a building having such a historical importance and gives people the opportunity to meet with TCDD for the first time and promotes them to travel by train, accordingly. Address: TCDD Train Station-ANK. Phone: (312) 309 05 15 /4094 Faks: (312) 324 40 61 Visiting Days: Everyday except Saturdays, Sundays and religious holidays Open between: 09.00–12.00 13.00–17.30 The TCDD Malı Village Train Station Museum Malı Village is a settlement of Polatlı province and located on the Ankara-Eskişehir railroad. The train station in this village is an important spot which effect the determination of the fate of a nation during the Battle of Sakarya. The station which was the most important base after the command center, was the place 60 where the injured soldiers received their first treatments and all their requirements were fulfilled. It played the role of an infirmary during the war, the logistics and military ammunition center as well as being used as a military airfield. The Museum consists of a martyr monument built in the honor of 5.713 war martrys, a Mustafa Kemal Atatürk monument which shows him with his casual cloths, a 1897 dated German-made locomotive which was used during the Battle of Sakarya and repaired by the TCDD, a German made wagon dated 1909, true replicas of two aircrafts of that period and the station building. The sound system allows visitors to see trains and aircrafts while hearing the sounds of trains and aircrafts. The museum which includes statues and visual materials regarding the War of Independence also displays railway equipments used during that period. Address: Malı Village Train Station-Polatlı (30rd km on the Ankara- Eskişehir Road) Polatlı-ANK Phone: (312) 640 10 81 Visiting Days: Everyday Open between: 09.00–17.00 61