Overview
The project for the 1st Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) building, intended as the club headquarters of the Committee of Union and Progress, was drawn by Evkaf Architect Salim Bey upon the orders of Enver Pasha, and the project was entrusted to Military Architect Hasip Bey, who was in charge of the corps. A structure from the 1st National Architecture Period, the building was used as the TBMM building between April 23, 1920, and October 15, 1924, before being converted into a museum in 1957. The building opened to the public on April 23, 1961, as the “Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Museum,” and on April 23, 1981, as the “War of Independence Museum.” In 2009, it was transferred to the TBMM within the framework of a protocol signed between the TBMM and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The museum collection includes personal belongings of Atatürk and some members of parliament, ethnographic materials, Medals of Independence, war equipment, drafts of the Constitution, communication tools such as telephones and Morse code printers, and oil paintings.