Ataturk Museum

İzmir is on the 1st Kordon (Atatürk Street) and was built as a house by the carpet trader Takfor in 1875-1880. It was abandoned by its owner on September 9, 1922 and transferred to the property of the treasury.

The Turkish army that entered İzmir used this place as headquarters. When İzmir Economic Congress was held on February 17, 1923, Atatürk carried out his personal works here. At the end of the congress, the headquarters moved from this building and the treasury rented the building to Naim Bey as a hotel. Atatürk, who came to Izmir on June 16, 1926, stayed in Naim Palas with İsmet Pasha. On October 13, 1926, the building was purchased by İzmir Municipality and some new items were placed and given to Atatürk. Atatürk stayed in this house every time he came to Izmir between 1930-1934. Upon Atatürk's death on 10 November 1938, the house was transferred to his sister Makbule Baysan by inheritance.

On 25 September 1940, Izmir Municipality expropriated the building to make a museum. The museum was opened to the public with a ceremony on September 11, 1941, which coincided with the 19th anniversary of Atatürk's arrival in Izmir. Since 5 October 1962, the museum has been renamed "Atatürk Provincial Public Library and Izmir City Atatürk Museum". On December 28, 1972, the ownership of the building was given to İzmir Archeology Museum with the articles of the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Culture no. It was restored and arranged and opened to visitors on 29 October 1978 as the "Atatürk and Ethnography Museum". After the ethnographic works in the museum were moved to the new Ethnography Museum opened on May 13, 1988, the name of the museum became "Atatürk Museum".