METU Atatürk Monument
ODTÜ Atatürk Anıtı | |
 November 10, the monument with wreaths in front of it. | |
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| 39°53′41.13″N 32°47′0.08″E / 39.8947583°N 32.7833556°E | |
| Location | METU Ankara, Turkey |
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| Designer | Şadi Çalık |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Material | Bronze |
| Completion date | 1966 |
| Opening date | 1966 |
| Dedicated to | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
The Atatürk Monument (Turkish: ODTÜ Atatürk Anıtı) is a monument dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, located at the Ankara Campus of the Faculty of Arts and Sciencesin Middle East Technical University (METU). The competition for the monument started in 1965, in which Şadi Çalık came in first place. In 1966, Çalık completed the monument.[1] The bronze monument is Turkey's first abstract monument to Atatürk.[1] [2]
On November 10, 2016, on the death day of Atatürk, a ceremony was held by METU people in front of the monument[3]
References
- ^ a b "mimarlikmuzesi.org". Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ "İlk soyut Atatürk anıtını yapan Başoğlu Kibele'de". Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Mustafa Verşan Kök (8 November 2016). "November 10, 2016 Atatürk Memorial Day". Middle East Technical University. Retrieved 27 January 2018.