Representing National Identity and Memory in the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatuerk

摘要

Mustafa Kemal Atatiirk, first president of the Republic of Turkey and leader of its War of Independence (1919-1923), died in a bedroom in the former Ottoman seat of government, Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, at 9:05 a.m. on 10 November 1938 (Figure 1). He had been seriously ill for some time and was in Istanbul, rather than Ankara-the new capital of Turkey-at the advice of his doctors, who recommended its sea-level altitude and mild climate.