Izmir Atatürk Museum

Located in Atatürk Street, 1. Kordon, the museum was built by carpet merchant Takfor Efendi as a house in 1875-1880.It was abandoned by its owner on 9 September 1922 and given to the property of treasury.
Turkish army came to İzmir and used it as a headquarter. When İzmir Economics Congress was held on 17 February 1923, Atatürk carried on his own studies in this building. After the congress, the headquarter was carried to another place and the treasury hired the building to Naim Bey to be used as a hotel. On 13 October 1926, the building was taken by İzmir Municipality and given to Atatürk as a present after the decoration of the building with new furniture. Atatürk stayed here during his each visit to İzmir between 1930-1934. After the death of Atatürk on 10 November 1938, the house was given to his sister Makbule Baysan. On September 25, 1940. İzmir municipality confiscated the (turkeyarena.com) building to arrange it as a museum. The museum was inaugurated on 11 September 1941, on the 19th anniversary of Atatürk’s visit to Izmir. The building displays a neo-classical character, a mixture of Ottoman and Levantine architecture. The museum is constituted of a basement, ground floor, first floor and roof. On the first floor there are rooms which were used by Atatürk; a conference hall, study hall, bedroom, guest room, hair- dressing room, waiting room, guard room, library, dining room and bathroom.