The Moving Villa

Our first president Atatürk departs from İstanbul for Bursa in 29th August 1929. While sailing through the open sea of Yalova; he figures out the plane tree along the shore which had seduced him a lot he makes the yacht stopped, before landing by boat. He sits under the plane tree. Atatürk, having been impressed by the plane tree, wants a small house to be built under that. 22 days consturaction of a wooden two floored house has been completed in 12th September 1929. A year later, in 1930, Atatürk had been told that a branch of the tree had been reached at the house and had to be cut. Then, Atatürk, orders the house to be moved a bit, instead of the branch be pruned.

In 8th August 1930, moving operations had been started. The Villa had been moved by 4.80 meters towards east within 3 days and has been called Yürüyen Köşk since than...

Atatürk had often visited the Yürüyen köşk ( The Moving Villa) in 1930 - 1937 ...

Spring in the Village

The old village house has been left by owners and waiting to disappear or somebody find out it.

Cows and chickens are pasturing in sunny april day at the mountain village.

These lonely old house have left because of our people gone to cities last 30 years for jobs.
Old days this people was living with agriculture and lived big families. They lived together father, mother, grandpa, grandma and childrens, but nowadays micro family is popular. Which is true ? I don't know. Do you know ?