Ataturk's hat

Introduction: please don't make comparison between this part of the blog and the Burundi part (part 1), because i'm pretty sure Turkey part will be less adventurous (and in a way maybe it's better), even tough i will try not to make it less funny! (That is a way to make myself some compliments and to invite you to read Burundi part:)

Ankara is the capital of Turkey, and in the center of Ankara, on the top of a hill, there is its biggest monument: the mausoleum of Ataturk, which in turkish language means Father of Turks, the creator of modern Turkey. The mausoleum is made of a big open square surrounded by classical (ancient greek) style buildings one of which contains Ataturk grave. All around a huge park. The other buildings host a museum, mostly about Ataturk life and works.
I have no doubt that Ataturk was a great man, but in the museum celebrates him so much that sometimes it results to be funny (at least from a foreigner point of view).
For examples, there was a whole room where they explained with a lot of details that Ataturk once approved a law about wearing european hats instead of traditional ones. And beside the written explications there was a big picture of Ataturk wearing a european hat together with a second picture rapresenting a group of notables welcoming Ataturk at a railway station all wearing european hats, in order to show visitors that people followed his decisions.

Apart from that, Ankara seems nice and extremely modern; you can hardly say you are in Asia and not in Europe. It is very green as well, a lot of trees and gardens. There in no evidence of poverty, also in the surrounding we passed through coming from the airport.