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Latife Hanım Mansion Memorial House is a museum located in Izmir, Turkey.

History
The Latife Hanım Mansion, thought to have been built in the 1860s, belonged to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's wife, Latife Hanım. Atatürk's mother, Zübeyde Hanım, came to İzmir on December 18, 1922, due to her illness and died in this mansion where she spent her last days. The mansion was used as a courthouse and a classroom in the following years. It was expropriated by the Karşıyaka Municipality in 2005 and started to be restored on October 11, 2007. After restoration, it was opened to the public as a museum on May 19, 2008. The official opening of the museum was held on July 9, 2008. Wax statues of Atatürk, Latife Hanım, and Zübeyde Hanım, exhibited in the museum, were made by Eskişehir Mayor Yılmaz Büyükerşen. The museum was registered as a "private museum" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2016. In July 2018, the augmented reality application was launched at the museum.

Architectural
The Latife Hanım Mansion, which showcases architectural features of the late Ottoman period, is a two-storey building. It comprises three rooms on the ground floor and a bathroom along with three rooms on the second floor. The mansion has a total area of 2,958 m2.