Karesi Atatürk House

Karesi Atatürk House, located in the Kuvayi Milliye Neighborhood of Karesi District, Central Balıkesir, on an area of approximately 8400 m² next to the Balıkesir Regional Traffic Directorate, includes a road reminiscent of the Lion Road at Anıtkabir and a reproduction of the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in Thessaloniki; the project started in August 2020 and its opening was held on 10 November 2021.

Inside, on the ground floor there are Atatürk and the Child, Atatürk’s Visits to Balıkesir, Library and Self‑Portrait Room; on the first floor Atatürk and the National Struggle, Atatürk and the Revolutions, Atatürk’s Love of Nature; on the second floor there is the Martyrs Memorial Area, Zübeyde Hanım Memorial Area, Last Bullet Collection Exhibition, Balıkesir and Kuvayi Milliye Room and Presentation Room. On the first floor there is a silicone statue of Our Great Leader Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk modeled exactly after his National Struggle years, and on the terrace on the second floor there is a statue prepared with the theme Mother Waiting for Her Son, representing Atatürk’s mother Zübeyde Hanım.

Karesi Atatürk House is closed on Mondays and open on the other days of the week, and admission is free.