Geschichte
Wie es entstand
Thessaloniki was Atatürk's birthplace when the city was still Ottoman. The house, in the grounds of the Turkish Consulate, was turned into a museum and preserves rooms laid out as they would have been in his childhood.
Was Sie Sehen
Bei einem Besuch
Period furnishings, family belongings, and displays on his life and the late-Ottoman city.
Wie man Besucht
Entry is through the Turkish Consulate; bring photo ID, as security checks apply.
Beste Zeit
Mornings
Galerie
Anfahrt
Gut zu Wissen
Yes. Because entry is through the Turkish Consulate grounds, visitors must show a passport or ID card and pass a security check.
Because Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was born here in 1881, when the city was the Ottoman port of Selânik. He was schooled in the city before his military career took him to Istanbul. The house is preserved as a free museum, furnished in late-Ottoman period style, with a pomegranate tree said to have been planted by his father in the courtyard.
