Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder and first president first visited 3 times on March 6 in Antalya, including 1930's. Antalya Atatürk's first visit to Turkey discussed recently between the Kingdom of Italy was realized as a result of political problems arising.
in power in Italy and its bases in the eastern Mediterranean Benito Mussolini to assign caller as ambassador to Turkey, Ankara of Mustafa Kemal country and brings in his interview said that some of the rights around Mugla. Upon this, Mustafa Kemal asked the ambassador for two minutes to go to the next room. When Gazi Mustafa Kemal returned to the room, he entered the uniform of marshal epaulette at the end of the War of Independence, sat in his office and turned to the ambassador and said, "Here you are, Ambassador, I am listening to you." Mustafa Kemal, who arrived on his way to Antalya shortly after this incident, came to the city in a very critical period in terms of international politics and showed the importance given to the cities of his country on the southern coast.
During his first visit in six days, he saw and visited various parts of Antalya. While he was looking at Beydağları from Lara on 8 March 1930 when he visited Antalya, he said endi No doubt Antalya is the most beautiful place in the world. Antalya stated in his words. Mustafa Kemal completed his first visit on March 11th and he returned to Ankara in the evening of the same day. The house where Ataturk stayed during this visit today serves as the Atatürk Museum in Antalya.
Atatürk's second visit took place on January 26, 1931 as part of his visit to the country. The trip was made in order to examine the results of the World Economic Crisis of 1929 and the closure of the Free Republican Party with an expert committee and to determine the works to be done.