Pembe Köşk is an Ottoman orchard house in the Çankaya district of Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

, which is the city’s oldest villa and was the home of Turkish President İsmet İnönü

Ismet Inönü

Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

 from 1925 to 1973.

İnönü purchased the villa in 1924 and it was used for strategic meetings by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....

, as well as concerts, gallery openings, pool and chess tournaments and the city’s first ball, on February 22, 1927.

The building now houses a museum of İnönü’s personal belongings and diplomatic photographs which is occasionally opened to the public.