Is Ataturk’s Birth House in Macedonia, Not Thessaloniki?

While examining Atatürk’s life, we need to take into account some spiritual elements as well as political and political elements. Both the maternal and paternal lineages of Atatürk, together with the conquest of Rumelia, for the Turkification of the region. “Yörük” who migrated to Anatoliacomes from.

According to research, the family later went to Thessaloniki and settled down. His paternal lineage came from Aydın/Söke. to the Manastir Province they settled. His father, Ali Rıza Efendi, was born in Kocacık, which is connected to the Debre-i Bala Sanjak of Manastır.

Considering the nickname “Kızıl” carried by his grandfather, Hafız Mehmet, and the “Kocacık” they settled in, it is understood that Atatürk’s paternal lineage came from Kızıl-Oguz or Kocacık Turkmen.

The most reliable sources we have about Atatürk and his family are what he and his family told. Another source is the information given by people like Hacı Mehmet Somer, who know him and his family. Enver Behnan Şapolyo on this subject “Atatürk used to say many times that my ancestors were Yörük Turkmens who had come to Rumelia from Anatolia.” says.

Recognizing Atatürk’s father and grandfather Former Aydın Deputy Tahsin San and Former General Inspector and Deputy Tahsin UzerAccording to , it is emphasized that Atatürk’s ancestry is from the nomads who migrated from Anatolia to Rumelia.

After Ali Rıza Efendi and Zübeyde Hanım got married, they settled in Ali Rıza Efendi’s paternal house.

Atatürk lived the golden years of his childhood, youth and military service in the lively atmosphere of Macedonia and fell in love for the first time in the Balkans, in Manastır. Because he was also a military attaché in Bulgaria before World War I. also gave special importance to the Balkans in its policy.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Thessaloniki, where Atatürk was born, was in the first place among the wealthiest, most developed and old cities of the Balkans and the entire empire.

Atatürk’s home in Thessaloniki, where he was born.

Here, It was a 500-year-old Turkish city captured in 1374. With its high standard of living, it was a military city in terms of both economic and qualified political activity. Political and cultural organizations, intellectuals, soldiers, officers were almost a natural fabric of the city.

Numan Kartal, Ali Güler, Altan Deliorman, Burhan Göksel, Fazıl Senai Erdemgil, Hüseyin Şekercioğlu, Kemal Vatan, Mehmet Özel, Muzaffer Tufan, Yusuf Hamza, İlhan Selçuk, Ali Öz-Sayra Öz, Altan Araslı, Şevket Süreyya Aydemir and Ercüment İşlendi many authors and researchers Atatürk’s family originated in Kocacik have made statements stating that Falih Rıfkı Atay also states in the first edition of his work “Çankaya” that Atatürk’s father was from Kocacık.

The house where Atatürk was born became the subject of discussion for a while. There were allegations that he was born in Macedonia, not Thessaloniki.

Ataturk’s grandfather house

According to records and sources, Atatürk was born in Thessaloniki. Working in the Greek archives for a long time, Prof. Vasilis Dimitriadis concluded these discussions by examining more than 80 Ottoman Turkish and 16 Greek archival documents. For the first time in the records of the house in Thessaloniki Ahmet Subaşı Mahallesi, Numan Paşa Sokak, number 6, which we know as the “Pink House”. We meet in 1875.

The house was bought by Atatürk’s father Ali Rıza Efendi and his mother Zübeyde Hanım as shares; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in this house with the new name Muhtar Sokak and the new number 38.

In the registry book dated April 13, 1887, it is recorded that Ali Rıza Efendi passed away. Although Zübeyde Hanım rented the Pink House and went to live with her older brother, who lived in a village in the Langaza region, after a while she moved back to the Pink House and lived in this house until 1912.

This house, which we respectfully commemorate as a cradle symbolizing the birthplace of the Republic of Turkey, took its place among the most famous monuments of the city with the name “Pink House” due to its color.

Considering the claim that Atatürk was born in Macedonia, not Thessaloniki, which is one of the known misconceptions or illusions, this house in Macedonia, where Atatürk’s father Ali Rıza Efendi was born, is actually It was opened to visitors in 2014 under the leadership of TIKA. It still serves as a museum today.

It is located in Kocacik Village of Central Jupa. Ali Riza Efendi Memorial House, It was designed in accordance with the local architecture by examining the visual and written archival documents of the 19th century, accompanied by experts from Turkey and Macedonia.

This house is important as a historical find. First of all, some ugly accusations about the lineage of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk could not go beyond fabrication with these findings.

Greek media had published an article claiming that Atatürk was born in the city of Lagadas, not Thessaloniki. Although these claims are unfounded, there are information and documents written by historian Ali Güler on this subject. As we all know, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in Thessaloniki and died in Dolmabahçe.