Iconic Atatürk Mansion in Türkiye’s Trabzon undergoes major renovation

Iconic Atatürk Mansion in Türkiye’s Trabzon undergoes major renovation

The restoration technique of the Atatürk Mansion located in Türkiye’s northeastern Trabzon, acknowledged because the place the place Mustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed and wrote his will, continues with works which can be aimed to be accomplished by the one centesimal anniversary of the republic, in keeping with stories by Ihlas News Agency (IHA) on Tuesday.

Atatürk, the founding father of the trendy Turkish Republic, made his first go to to Trabzon between Sept. 15-17, 1924. During his tour within the Soğuksu neighborhood, he appreciated the mansion constructed by Konstantin Kabayanidis in 1890 as a summer time residence.

The land register and keys of the mansion, which was registered by the Trabzon Special Administration in 1930, was handed to Atatürk by a committee fashioned in Trabzon, with a choice dated May 18, 1931, and numbered 361.

During his go to to town once more between June 10-12, 1937, Atatürk stayed on this mansion for 2 days and ready his will there.

With the venture ready by Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality, which was offered and authorized by the Directorate of Cultural Heritage Preservation Board, some 344 works of ethnographic high quality belonging to late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, together with furnishings, porcelain, carpets and Atatürk’s work had been preserved within the mansion that become a museum in 1943.

As the restoration and strengthening works proceed within the exterior and inside of the mansion, it’s notable to say that objects discovered contained in the historic constructing had been examined with scientific strategies in 2013.

Speaking concerning the present restoration course of, which commenced in September final 12 months, the pinnacle of the science division of Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality and civil engineer Murat Öztürk, famous that objects contained in the mansion had been repaired in a professional method in accordance with the unique state of the mansion.

Furthermore, Öztürk, elaborating on the main points of the venture famous {that a} technical committee relating to the restoration and restitution work of the Atatürk Mansion was fashioned in 2020 underneath the presidency of the metropolitan mayor. “Apart from the professors from our university, this committee with external consultant professors, and our colleagues from the branch looking back to the past, has conducted the necessary works and submitted the reports,” Öztürk mentioned.

Subsequently, the venture was offered to the Board of Monuments and was authorized in 2021, Öztürk defined. Afterward, the tender preparation works proceeded in the identical 12 months, and in 2022, the lively building course of started, he added.

A general view of Atatürk Mansion during the restoration process, Trabzon, northeastern Türkiye, April 26, 2023. (IHA Photo)

A normal view of Atatürk Mansion throughout the restoration course of, Trabzon, northeastern Türkiye, April 26, 2023. (IHA Photo)

Reiterating that restore works are carried out in a professional method, Öztürk famous that from the final side not solely the surveying, restitution and restoration works, have been performed, but in addition the slightest retouching procedures on the supplies within the mansion, reminiscent of curtains.

Öztürk additionally famous that the mansion has undergone the method of rasping and dismantling, including that coating manufacturing and plastering indoors after which on the outside elements of the mansion can be performed. He additionally mentioned that exterior cleansing has been accomplished, and that work on roof manufacturing continues.

“While these works continue, we will also complete the perimeter railings, works on perimeter floors and lighting productions,” he mentioned.

“Our goal is to open the Atatürk Mansion for service, under the leadership of our president in the 100th year of our republic,” Öztürk concluded.

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