A very important historical-cultural complex in the capital of Turkey Ankara is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal, the founder and first President of the Turkish Republic. Another name of the mausoleum Anitkabir, which translated from Turkish means "the mausoleum, the tomb".

For a great contribution to the creation of modern Turkey and the development of national consciousness of the Turkish people called Kemal Ataturk, meaning "father of Turks". During his fifteen-year reign, the Turkish nation has almost reached Western standards of living and has made a big leap forward. Ataturk established schools in every town and every village, changed the Arabic alphabet in the Turkish language based on Latin, more accessible and familiar for the most part other peoples. Mustafa has separated religion from public relations and began to reform the Turkish laws, adjusting them to contemporary international standards. During the period of his reign the country women gained equal rights with men in the state was formed the modern economic system and the existence of names was officially recognized. Mustafa Kemal selflessly served his nation and has made the revival of the nation, for which he received universal respect for, and received even the erection of the mausoleum.Atatürk died on 10 November 1938, married for more than 56 years. The ceremony of laying the first stone in the Foundation of the mausoleum took place six years later, in October 1944, and ended with the construction of a complex, in 1953.

Prior to construction was a competition for the best project, which was attended by 27 foreign and 20 Turkish architects. The winners are Turkish architects Emin Khalid Eaton and Ahmet Orhan Arda. During construction the project has undergone little change, which arose in connection with financial difficulties. The project was two floors, but was built only one, fortunately it has not impacted the Majesty of the building. The total area of 750 thousand square meters. This includes the mausoleum, Park, Museum and other buildings.

On the site of the mausoleum was previously located monitoring station, and on the top of the hill was the burial which belonged to the ancient state Riga, founded in the early 12th century. When the decision on the construction of the mausoleum was taken, the territory had to be liberated from the graves and organize archaeological excavations. These works presented to the Museum of Anatolian civilizations, where now are household items residents Friga, a large number of priceless historical finds.

The majestic mausoleum complex built in the style of ancient Anatolian and Hittite eras, it combines both ancient and modern architectural features. The finish of most of the interiors are made of marble and tufa, which were brought from different parts of Turkey. The decoration of the columns of the mausoleum and sculptures of lions was produced by white calcareous tufa, delivered from pınarbaşı district of Kayseri region. Memorial plate on each side was lined with white marble, brought from the region of Afyon. For the decoration of ceremonial area was used red and black travertine delivered from Kayseri region, and more specifically, from the village Bagaskara. From the village Eskipazar region khanjarah was brought yellow travertine that was used for decoration of ceremonial columns of the square.

Construction of the complex of the Mausoleum of Ataturk consists of three parts: the Central Avenue of lions, the ceremonial Plaza and the mausoleum. In the building of the mausoleum is located ten symmetrically spaced towers, each of them symbolizes the most important ideas of Mustafa Kemal, influenced the development of the Turkish state. On the roofs of the towers are Turkish bronze spears - in ancient times such spears were installed on the tops of tents. Sayings of Ataturk inscribed on the inner walls of the towers. In the ceremonial center of the room is decorated with quotations from the works of atatürk oratorical tribune. The body of the father of the Turks is in the lower part of the mausoleum, the tomb, under a symbolic memorial slab in the hall of honor. In special vessels located around the tomb, the earth is brought from different regions of the country.

Ataturk Museum, which houses his library and personal belongings located near the Mausoleum. See the vehicles which went Mustafa Kemal, on the square in front of the Museum.

The building of the mausoleum dominates the delightful Park Baris where brought saplings from all regions of Turkey and different countries of the world, such as Greece, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Afghanistan, Norway, USA, Egypt, Cyprus, Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Belgium, France, Denmark, Finland, UK, China, India, Iraq, Israel. The number of trees that grow in this Park currently reaches 48, 500 thousand, and among them over one hundred different plant species.

Visit the complex every year millions of visitors every year and their number is growing. Ankara boasts numerous historical monuments, modern buildings, the mausoleum of Ataturk can be called one of the most important.