Atatürk Monument is a monument in
İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban aggl ...
,
Turkey
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dedicated to the
Turkish War of Independence
The Turkish War of Independence "War of Liberation", also known figuratively as ''İstiklâl Harbi'' "Independence War" or ''Millî Mücadele'' "National Struggle" (19 May 1919 – 24 July 1923) was a series of military campaigns waged by th ...
depicting equestrian
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Geography
The monument is in the
Cumhuriyet Sqıare (“Republic square”) in İzmir. at . The square is located in the seaside and the monument is located about to southeast of the
İzmir Bay (i.e.,
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...
).
History
The municipality and governorship of İzmir decided to build a monument dedicated to
Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. In 1929, the statue of the monument was commissioned to
Pietro Canonica
Pietro Canonica (1 March 1869 – 8 June 1959) was an Italian sculptor, painter, opera composer, professor of arts and senator for life.
Biography
He was born in Moncalieri, a town in the Province of Turin, northern Italy. His long and prest ...
an
Italian
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sculptor who had formerly created another Atatürk statue in
İstanbul
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in 1928. The base of the statue was designed by Turkish architect Asım Kömürcü and the statue was erected on 27 July 1932.
[Kıvanç Osma: ''Cumhuriyet Dönemi Anıt Heykelleri'', Ankara 2003. .pp: 64-70]
Technical details
The marble used in the base is the red marble of
Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar (, tr, afyon "poppy, opium", ''kara'' "black", ''hisar'' "fortress") is a city in western Turkey, the capital of Afyon Province. Afyon is in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast, south-west of Ankara along t ...
and the material of the statue is
bronze. The statue shows equestrian Atatürk in the Turkish War of Independence. There are also reliefs on the base showing scenes of war. Atatürk’s famous quotation “Armies your first target is the Mediterranean Sea. Forward!” has been inscribed in front of the base marble.
See also
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Atatürk monuments and memorials
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ataturk Monument (Izmir)
Monuments and memorials in İzmir
Izmir
Konak District
Buildings and structures completed in 1932
Equestrian statues in Turkey
Bronze sculptures in Turkey