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Ataturk’s life, legacy cast in stone

One of the panoramic paintings depicting Turkish war of independence (Photo:Nzau Musau)

As if beckoning you, the monumental tomb of Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk unmistakably sticks out on a hill off an elegant Ankara driveway.

A colonnaded structure built on kempt lawns, the structure fondly referred to as Anitkabir by Turks, cuts the image of a medieval age relic until you are told it is a 1940’s creation.

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