Ataturk House Museum — Attraction in Melikgazi

Nice small museum without an entrance fee. It's good for city to have it. I would suggest to have the documentary movie at the entrance in English too. However, -1 star for the wrong order of boards showing Ataturk's life. Dates are correct, just boards are supposed to go from left to the right. Also wax statues of Ataturk have too much facial hair in spite of information written in the neighboring room: "Every morning, Ataturk used to have his coffee and cigarette, then his barber shaved him. After that he used to have his massage, have bath, get dressed, and go to his study. He had a second shave on the nights he went to balls. It was very important for him to be beardless, and he got very angry when he saw unshaved people in...

The building is known as the Imamizade Rasit Aga Mansion. The House and Museum of Atatürk building was constructed in the 19th century. It is an historic Turkish house of the Late Ottoman Period. Besides its cultural significance, the mansion is particularly important for hosting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in December 19 and 20, 1919. Atatürk visited Kayseri the first time on behalf of the Delegation Committee, this mansion had him as a guest...

The leader and founder of the Republic of Türkiye stayed in this house during his visit to Kayseri. It is a showcase of the house and the way that it was arranged in 1919 when Ataturk stayed there. The mansion was built in the 19th century in late Ottoman fashion and is known as the Imamizade Raşit Ağa Mansion. It is of great importance to this city and the heritage of this...