Metin Yurdanur (born 1951) is a sculptor based in Turkey, who was awarded the title State Artist of Turkey.

Early years

Yurdanur was born in 1951 in

Sivrihisar Sivrihisar ( tr, Sivrihisar, "a pointed castle") is a town and district of Eskişehir Province in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. According to 2010 census, population of the district is 23 488 of which 9,817 live in the town of Sivrihisar. ...

town of

Eskişehir Province Eskişehir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Bilecik to the northwest, Kütahya to the west, Afyon to the southwest, Konya to the south, Ankara to the east, and Bolu to the north. The provincial ...

in Turkey. He spent his childhood until high school in his hometown. He was impressed by antique works of art, especially by the three-millennium old Phrygian reliefs, that inspired him for plastic arts. After finishing the high school, he enrolled as a boarding student in the Department of Arts at Gazi Institute for Education in

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, what is today the Faculty of Vocational Education at

Gazi University Gazi University ( tr, Gazi Üniversitesi) is a public university primarily located in Ankara, Turkey. It was established in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute. In 1982, it was reorganized by merging with the Bolu ...

. He was educated in arts and graduated in 1972 as a high school teacher for arts. He was appointed in

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, where in 1973 he made a monument of

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in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. He then served as drawing teacher at a high school in

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town in Eskişehir Province. In 1978, he was appointed as the sculpting teacher at his alma mater. In 1979 the city administration requested he create mockups, which later were realized sculptures like "''

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''" (The Hands) in Abdi İpekçi Park,"''

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Riding the Hittite Lion Backwards''" at Railroad Station Square, "''Dayanışma''" (Solidarity) in Batıkent and "''Balerinler''" (The Ballet Dancers) in Kavaklıdere.

Sculptor career

Hitit aslanına ters binmiş nasrettin hoca

In 1981, he left his teaching position and opened his own workshop. His first work was the sculpture of "''Nasreddin Hoca shows the Center of the World''" in his hometown. Metin Yurdanur became an proficient in casting statues using conventional techniques. Many monuments, statues and reliefs of Yurdanur are found throughout Turkey, mostly in Ankara. He also has works in several countries around the world. In 2005, he opened his first individual open-air monument and statue exhibition in Ankara called ''I am Anatolia, I am the Republic, I am the People''. At the exhibition, the polyester mock-ups of his larger-than-life statues and busts were shown, of people from Turkey's history such as Atatürk,

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and other. In 2016, Yurdanur opened the first sculpture museum of Turkey in Sivrihisar. Metin Yurdakul was awarded the title '' State Artist of Turkey'' in 1998.

Works

;in Turkey *

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(The Heritage), Ankara (1979) *''

'' (The Hands), Abdi İpekçi Park, Ankara (1979) *''Dayanışma'' (Solidarity), Ankara (1980) *''Nasreddin Hoca'', Sivrihisar (1985) *''Çay ve Horon'' (Tea and

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(1987) *''Kaynak'' (The Water Spring), Ankara (1989) *''Çocukların Kardeşliği'' ()Fraternaty of Children), Ankara (1990) *''İnsan Hakları'' (Human Rights), Ankara (1990) *''Aşık Paşa'',

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(1990) *''Madenci'' (The Miner), Olgunlar Street, Ankara (1991) *''Dans'' (Dance), Ankara (1991) *''Balerinler'' (The Ballet Dancers), Kavaklıdere, Ankara (1992) *''Monument of Çanakkale'',

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(1992) *''At'' (Equine),

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(1992) *''Karacaoğlan'',

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(1992) *''

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(1993) *''Muzaffer Sarısözen Monument'', Ankara (1993) *''Monument of July 2nd'', Saraçlar Village,

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(1993) *''Monument of Finance Ministry'', Ankara (1994) *''Abidin Dino'',

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(1994) *''Monument of Osmangazi Konuralp'',

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(1993) *''Yaşar Kemal'', Istanbul (1994) *''Üzüm Çiğneyen Kız'' (The Grape Crushing Girl), Kahta (1994) *''Seyit Hüseyin'',

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(1994) *''

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'', İstanbul (1994) *'' Alaeddin Keykubad'',

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(1995) *''Monument of

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'', Ankara (1995) *'' İsmet and

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'', Garden of

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, Ankara (1995) *''İnsan Hakları'' /Human Rights),

(1996) *''Kurtuluşa Doğru'' (Towards Independence),

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(1997) *''Monument of GATA'', Ankara (1997) *'' Nene Hatun'',

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(1998) *''Monument of 75th Anniversary of the Republic'',

(1998) *''

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series'' (1998) *''Monument of December 27th'', Ankara (2000) *''Relief of

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, the Cradle of Civiizations and Law'', Ankara Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey, Ankara (2000) *''Monument of Duatepe'',

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, Ankara province (2000) *''Monument of TESK, Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen)'', Ankara (2001) *''

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(2002) *''Monument of Youth'',

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

(2003) *''Monument of

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'', Trabzon (2004) *''

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'', Ankara (2006) *''Miners'' series, (2008) *''Relief of Capital Ankara and Our Turkey'', Ministry of Culture, Ankara (2009) *''Monument of Republic'',

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, Ankara (2009) ;Abroad *''Al Gardabia'',

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, Libya (1989) *''Sun's Course'',

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, Germany (1989) * ''

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, Hungary (1996) *''Equestrian Atatürk'',

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(1996) - moved in 2010 to

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References

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