{"id":1355,"date":"2026-02-23T08:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/?page_id=1355"},"modified":"2026-02-24T06:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:17:29","slug":"poster-33","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/exhibit\/poster-33\/","title":{"rendered":"poster 33"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The chess set of Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk<\/strong>
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This section of the exhibit highlights a unique piece of Turkish history: the personal chess set of Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. The gallery photo shows H. Serta\u00e7 Dalk\u0131ran alongside Atat\u00fcrk’s adopted daughter, \u00dclk\u00fc Adatepe, proudly presenting the set.<\/span>
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<\/span>This chess set was uniquely carved from boxwood as a one-of-a-kind design. It was inspired by the Battle of Gallipoli and crafted by Tahsin \u00c7ukurluo\u011flu the Station Chief of the Atat\u00fcrk Forest Farm, the husband of Z\u00fcbeyde Han\u0131m’s adopted daughter Vasfiye Han\u0131m, and the father of Atat\u00fcrk’s adopted daughter \u00dclk\u00fc Adatepe. It was presented as a gift to Atat\u00fcrk. The rooks are depicted as cannons, in line with the terminology of this piece as cannon, \u201ctop\u201d, in many South-Slavic and Balkan languages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Following Atat\u00fcrk’s passing, the set was preserved by this family. Upon Tahsin \u00c7ukurluo\u011flu’s death, the set was given as a memento to his close friend Selahattin A\u015fkan, an esteemed figure in the chess community, at their home in Cevizli, Istanbul.<\/span><\/p>

Later, this set was gifted to H. Serta\u00e7 Dalk\u0131ran who founded our country’s first chess school and museum in recognition of his outstanding services to chess in Turkey. It is known that Atat\u00fcrk played with this very set against \u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc, Selahattin Adil Pasha, and other comrades-in-arms.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Live Giant Chess Show at Fenerbah\u00e7e Stadium (1997)<\/b><\/h3>

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This impressive visual showcases a massive “Live Chess” event held in 1997 at the stadium of Fenerbah\u00e7e, one of Turkey’s most established sports clubs.<\/span><\/p>

In this event, where the football pitch was transformed into a giant chessboard, specially costumed performers brought the strategic game to life in front of a stadium audience by acting as the chess pieces. The visual seamlessly blends the intellectual depth of chess with a physical visual feast and sports culture. Ataturk’s photo can be seen on a flag in the stadium.<\/span><\/p>

Archival Note:<\/b> As stated on the original photograph, this special piece of chess history is exhibited from the personal archive and collection of FIDE International Chess Arbiter and Writer, <\/span>H. Serta\u00e7 Dalk\u0131ran<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The chess set of Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk This section of the exhibit highlights a unique piece of Turkish history: the personal chess set of Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. The gallery photo shows H. Serta\u00e7 Dalk\u0131ran alongside Atat\u00fcrk’s adopted daughter, \u00dclk\u00fc Adatepe, proudly presenting the set. This chess set was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":743,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1457,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1355\/revisions\/1457"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}