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In northern Şişli, a short bus ride from Taksim Square, is a candy-pink Ottoman house in which Mustafa Kemal once stayed. It now contains three floors of memorabilia of the great Atatürk, from his astrakhan hat to his silk underwear.
There's even a wine-stained tablecloth on which he bashed out the new Turkish alphabet over a picnic lunch in 1928. The top floor holds a large collection of propaganda paintings from the War of Indepedence, depicting scenes of Greek brutality, with the flag of the perfidious British occasionally fluttering in the background.
Atatürk Museum details
Şişli
Area Istanbul
Transport Bus 46H. Metro Osmanbey
Telephone 0212 240 6319
Open 9am-4pm Wed, Fri-Sun
Admission free
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