{"id":119708,"date":"2017-12-29T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=119708"},"modified":"2017-12-21T15:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:44:53","slug":"museum-anatolian-civilizations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/29\/museum-anatolian-civilizations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>We\u2019re away until January 3, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_116746\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4129039_orig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116746\" class=\"size-large wp-image-116746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4129039_orig-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4129039_orig.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4129039_orig-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4129039_orig-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-116746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Museum of Anatolian Civilizations<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We arrive at the hospital at seven in the morning. It is still dark, and the air is heavy with exhaust. Patches of muddy snow dot the streets, which branch out without a discernible plan. The taxi ride from the hotel has taken less than five minutes, and yet once we step out of the car, it is impossible to tell which direction we came from in the midst of overpasses and underpasses and the highway warping the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShit-town Ankara,\u201d my brother says.<\/p>\n<p>We take the elevator to the ninth floor and walk down a hallway, deserted except for an old man in pajamas and a woolen vest, who stands holding onto his serum pole, staring out the window. Up ahead on a hill is Atat\u00fcrk\u2019s pillared mausoleum, rising high above the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiqhr2Q_JvYAhWo54MKHXLoApEQFggsMAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theparisreview.org%2Fblog%2F2017%2F10%2F17%2Fmuseum-anatolian-civilizations%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw00j3NJFvY-GEjJpv80tHIL\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read More &gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re away until January 3, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday! We arrive at the hospital at seven in the morning. It is still dark, and the air is heavy with exhaust. Patches of muddy snow dot the streets, which branch out without a discernible plan. 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