Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatür
Ankara, the capital of Turkiye, is about two hours drive from Bolu. This is where the final resting place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is located. We read in our history book about Mustafa Kemal, the founding father of the Republic of Turkey. On 16 October, we got the chance to visit Anıtkabir , which is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It was opened for visits on 1 September 1953. The mausoleum is a distance away from the main road. The tree lined road we walked through is known as the Peace Park in honor of Atatürk's famous expression "Peace at home, peace in the world." I read from Wikipedia that there are around 50,000 decorative trees, flowers and shrubs in 104 varieties, donated from around 25 countries. These are trees we could see facing the mausoleum. We had to go through security before we can enter the site. The building did not look impressive when we first looked at it. That is till we walked up a flight of steps, seen in this ph...