The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations ; This museum was inaugurated in 1921 during the war of independence led by Turkish general Mustafa Kemal Pacha (Ataturk). Well, for him it was also important to save the historical riches of Turkey. The foundations of the most important museum in Turkey are from different times such as Neolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Phrygian and Urartu. Most of the excavations of the ruins are made by Turkish archaeologists who were sent by Ataturk himself to European universities to study various social sciences and history.
The Turkish archaeologists of Ankara ; The most famous are: Muazzez Ilmiye Cig (Sumerology), Enver Ziya Karal (History of the Turkish Revolution), Ekrem Akurgal and Jale Inan (Classical Arkeology), Halet Cambel (Prehisotory), Sedat Alp (Hititology), Sevket Aziz Kansu (Anthropology) and Emin Erisirgil (Philosophy). In 1935 Ataturk ordered to found the Faculty of Idiona and History - Geography in Ankara (DTCF) from where these archaeologists directed the excavations to discover the ancient history of Turkey. Ankara University is home to Turkey's most prestigious departments on the teaching of international and ancient languages.
The Mausoleum of Ataturk (Anitkabir) ; Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as the founder of the young Turkish Republic is highly appreciated by the Turks. In the museum of the Ataturk mausoleum you can see the utensils used by Ataturk and given to him by presidents of other countries. The objects make us live the time of the liberation of the land of Anatolia and the revolutions during the Turkish Republic.
Other places to visit are the ; Ethnographic Museum, Mineral Research and Exploration Museum (MTA), Ankara Castle, Roman Bath, Temple of Augustus, Justinian's Column, Hamamonu Quarter of the old house