Ataturk Properties Not Included ın His Will
Atatürk's Mansio
The first house to be analyzed is the mansion known as the "Atatürk Mansion", which was gifted to Mustafa Kemal Pasha by the Trabzon Provincial Administration. This pavilion, whose façade and spatial organization has European architectural features, was built by Konstantin Kabayanidis in 1890. The pavilion was built using stone, brick and wood building materials with masonry construction technique.
This mansion, which was the property of Trabzon Provincial Administration, was given to Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha as a property in accordance with the decision of the Provincial Standing Council dated May 18, 1931 and numbered 361. The official transactions regarding this were made on June 16, 1931 and registered in the title deed in the name of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha.
Atatürk stayed in this mansion during his trip to Trabzon, which started on June 10, 1937, and the developments in the mansion have been explained above. During his stay in this mansion, Atatürk announced that he had donated his farms to the Treasury in a letter to İsmet İnönü. Since it was the place where the farms were donated, it is possible to say that the mansion had an important place in Atatürk's life.
After Atatürk's death, this mansion in a garden in the village of Soğuksu was transferred to his sister Makbule Boysan, his legal heir. The legal procedure regarding this issue was carried out in accordance with the declaration of succession[130] of the Ankara Civil Judge of First Instance dated December 7, 1938 and numbered 938/2509 main and 1627 decision[130] and the mansion was registered to the title deed on July 31, 1939 in the name of Makbule Boysan.[131] The mansion was later turned into the Atatürk Museum by Trabzon Municipality. Today, it is still used as the Atatürk Museum.
Atatürk's House in Samsun
The second house subject to the examination is the house where Mustafa Kemal Pasha stayed when he went to Samsun. When Mustafa Kemal Pasha landed in Samsun on May 19, 1919 as the 9th Army Inspector, he stayed at Mıntıka Palas. This two-story stone building was built as a hotel in 1902. The hotel, which was closed in those days, was opened by the Mutasarrıf when it was heard that Mustafa Kemal Pasha was coming to Samsun, and the belongings brought from the military hospital were placed in the hotel. Mustafa Kemal Pasha stayed in this building for a week.
It is possible to say that this house had an important place in Mustafa Kemal Pasha's life as it was the first place he stayed when he left for Anatolia to start the National Struggle.
There are two different pieces of information regarding the date and manner in which Mıntıka Palas was gifted to Mustafa Kemal Pasha. In Mehmet Önder's book titled "Atatürk Houses Atatürk Museums", it is stated that during Mustafa Kemal Pasha's second visit to Samsun on September 20, 1924, Mıntıka Palas was presented to him by the Municipality.[133] In the brochure titled "Gazi Museum Mantika Palas" prepared by Samsun Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, it is stated that a delegation headed by Samsun Governor Fahri Bey went to Istanbul in 1926 on behalf of the people of Samsun and presented the key of Mantika Palas Hotel to Mustafa Kemal Pasha. This brochure also states that the name of the hotel, which was built by Jean Ionnis Mantika in 1902, was Mantika Palas, but in time it was renamed Mıntıka Palas by the people.
According to the land registry officials, since the cadastre of Samsun was prepared in 1947, there are no land registry records for the period when the house was gifted. Therefore, it was not possible to learn the date and manner of the gift of the house from the land registry records.
Atatürk's House in Erzurum
It is understood that after Atatürk's death, this house, like the mansion in Trabzon, was left to his legal heir, Makbule Boysan. Makbule Boysan's letter sent to the Republican People's Party on July 9, 1941, requesting that "the rent for the Fırka building in Samsun" be sent to her new address, confirms this determination.
The first land registry for Atatürk's house in Samsun is dated August 21, 1951. In the land registry, the masonry building identified as Ulugazi Mahallesi Gazi ve Kaptanağa Sokağı, Pafta No:25, Ada No:373, Parcel No:3 is shown as 496 square meters. Although the new land registry pages 4157 and 4158 are shown in the land registry, the fact that the old land registry pages are left blank shows that, as the land registry officials stated, the old land registry records do not exist.
This house was decided to be gifted to the President of the Republic Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha at the meeting of the Assembly-i Umum of Erzurum Province dated December 31, 1925.The house was registered to the title deed in the name of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha in accordance with the certificate of Erzurum Provincial Administration dated February 8, 1926.
The house was recognized as an antiquity on November 27, 1978 in accordance with Law No. 1710, and as an immovable cultural property in need of protection on November 21, 1985.[136] The second title deed dated October 27, 1995 states that the 377 square meter section of the masonry building was sold to the Treasury for 1,000,000 liras.
After Atatürk's death, the house was registered to the land registry on August 5, 1939 in the name of his sister Makbule Boysan, who was the legal heir of Atatürk, in accordance with the certificate of inheritance, as in the case of the Atatürk Mansion in Trabzon.[145] The house was later restored and opened to visitors as the Atatürk House Museum on October 3, 1984.[146] The house still serves as the Atatürk House Museum.
