Turkey: Ataturk's yacht to be turned into museum
11 September, 14:14
(ANSAmed) - ISTANBUL, SEPTEMBER 11 - The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has applied to buy the yacht that was assigned to the founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1938 and turn it into a museum and venue to host foreign officials, ad daily Hurriyet reports today. Omer Celik, the culture and tourism minister, paid a visit to the yacht, which is anchored in Istanbul, on September 9 together with two officials from the ministry and received information about the yacht from its owner, Kahraman Sadikoglu. The Savarona, which is 136 meters long, was designed by American William Francis Gibss and built in 1931 for 4 million dollars.
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