Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in a Catafalque

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in a Catafalque 

The founder of the 'Republic of Turkey' passed away on November 10, 1938, in Istanbul.  

Ataturk's body was put in a zinc-lined mahogany casket of walnut wood; and placed on a catafalque.  

       Galata area of Istanbul 

The catafalque was used to move the body from 'Dolmabahce Palace' to 'SarayBurnu' neighbourhood and placed on the ship 'Ertugrul' to leave Istanbul.  

          Karakoy area of Istanbul 

Here are two historical and heartbreaking pictures of thousands of mourning Istanbul'ians paying their respects of the passing catafalque. 

Amazing pictures don't you think?

Thank you for visiting our site,

Ben

Sarik Tara and ENKA

Sarik Tara and ENKA

I would like to describe briefly, the man, who is currently the second richest person in Turkey.  

     Billionaires of Turkey

His name is Sarik Tara. 

Mr Tara is the founder of Turkey's largest construction company of ENKA.  

ENKA is involved with: contracting, construction, energy production, real estate investment and management industry. 

     Sarik Tara 

The company is especially active in Russia, where it owns offices, hotels and shopping malls in the city of Moscow, as well as supermarkets, hypermarkets and malls across the country.  

Also, ENKA has built U.S. embassy buildings in the countries of Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Afghanistan. 

'Construction industry is a lucrative business', Mr Tara would surely agree to this statement, since his entire fortune was built by this industry. 

Sincerely, 

Ben

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