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Thessaloniki Atatürk House is the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Türkiye, was born in 1881 and spent part of his childhood and youth. The building, located today in the city of Thessaloniki in Greece, has been converted into a museum in memory of Atatürk. The property, owned by the Republic of Türkiye, is situated within the grounds of the Thessaloniki Consulate General and represents an original example of Ottoman residential architecture. Front Facade of the

Ali Rıza Efendi is the father of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He lived in Thessaloniki during the final period of the Ottoman Empire and was an educated, enlightened, and patriotic individual. He served in the Evkaf and Customs administrations, held the rank of first lieutenant in the Asakir-i Milliye Battalion, and engaged in commerce. Family Origins and Birth Ali Rıza Efendi was born in Thessaloniki in 1839. His family belonged to the “Kocacık Yörüks,” a group relocated from the Konya/Karaman region