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Atatürk
and Congress Museum
The building used as the "Headquarters
for National Struggle" by Mustafa Kemal
Atatürk and the Representation Commission
between the dates September 2nd - December
18th 1919, has a very important and exceptional
place in our Republic history.
The inscription of four lines, indicating
that the building has been constructed by
Sivas Governor Mazlum
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Paşazade
Mehmet Memduh Bey as Mülki
İdadi building on Rebiül
- evvel 12th 1310 in accordance
with Islamic Calendar
(October 5th 1892 Gregorian),
is still in Sivas Museum.
The building, which is
one of late Ottoman Period
civil architecture samples
of 19th century, has three
floors and an internal
courtyard. The main material
is stone in its external
sides an wood in the internal
places.
The building, which has
been assigned as official
headquarters for a period
of three and a half months
to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
and his friends has gained
a historical identity
since Sivas Congress meetings
have been held here, the
National Struggle in Anatolia
has been organized here
it has been proved to
the whole world that the
public will is over any
kind of constraints and
personal and class management
and the bases of Republic
Management have been laid
there.
Thirty two members representing
nineteen cities have participated
Sivas Congress, but due
to the delegates elected
from the cities and participated
the congress later, these
numbers show variance.
The building, which continued
the function of a school
building since the date
of its construction, has
been called with the names
İdadi, Sultani, Sivas
High School, Congress
High School. In a repair
performed in 1930, the
main entrance on the eastern
side has been moved to
the western side and the
roof has been covered
with steel sheet.
The building, which has
served as a high school
until 1981, has been planned
to be converted into a
museum upon the directives
of the President Kenan
Evren. In 1984, the Congress
Building has been transferred
to the Ministry of Culture
and Tourism and as the
result of the restoration,
exhibition and arrangement
works started in the same
year by the General Directorate
of Ancient Works and Museums
of our ministry, the basement
has been arranged as the
places where the warehouses,
laboratory and photograph
room are located, while
the ground floor is arranged
as the Ethnography Museum
and the upper floor is
arranged as Atatürk and
Congress Museum.
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In the
show hall of the building,
which has been used as
a headquarters for some
time by Mustafa Kemal
Atatürk and Representation
commission, the meetings
of Sivas Congress have
been held between the
dates September 4th -
12th 1919. The Historical
Congress Hall and the
resting and study room
belonging to Atatürk are
kept in the conditions
that were existent on
the days during which
the congress was held.
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In the
upper floor, the hall
where the notifications
and circulars relating
to the events before the
congress, the congress
preparation of Mustafa
Kemal Atatürk; the telegraph
room constituting the
base of the communication
of that time; the hall
where the minutes of Sivas
Congress are kept; the
documents including the
notifications and news
relating to Anatolian
Women Country Defense
Association whose center
was established in Sivas
and the printing machine
with which İrade - i Milliye
Newspaper was printed
and the halls, where volumes
of this newspaper are
exhibited, are located.
Documents belonging to
all decisions taken in
Sivas during and after
Sivas Congress, Presidency
Mansion - Atatürk Special
Archive, Special Archive
of General Staff Presidency
Military History Commission
and attaché, the samples
of the documents in the
archives of Atatürk Research
Center Presidency are
exhibited in the museum.
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