Anıtkabir in Ankara's Çankaya district is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who died on November 10, 1938. The Turkish government launched a competition, and Emin Halid Onat and Ahmet Orhan Arda designed the winning scheme. Construction began on October 9, 1944.
The article calls the style Neoclassical, of the Second National Architecture Movement. It uses concrete, travertine and marble. The infobox gives a length of 188 feet (57.35 m), a width of 137 feet (41.65 m) and a height of 89 feet (27 m), while the text gives the Hall of Honour as 56 feet (17 m) high. The ceremonial plaza was designed for 15,000 people.
Completion is given as September 1, 1953 in the infobox and October 1953 in the text. Atatürk's remains moved there on November 10, 1953. The General Staff runs it, and it drew 8,242,170 visitors in 2025. The article gives no hours.
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