II. GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING

 

II. Grand National Assembly of Turkey building, designed as the first Republican People's Party headquarter but after going through some changes, it was opened as II. Turkey Grand National Assembly on October 18, 1924.

 

After the parliament moved to its modern building in 1961, this building was allocated to the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) between 1961-79 and to the Ministry of Culture in 1979. 

 

The building, whose restoration started in 2011, was completed and put into service in 2013.