The Atatürk Monument ( tr, ODTÜ Atatürk Anıtı) is a Turkish monument dedicated to
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...
, the founder of modern Turkey, located at the Ankara Campus of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in
Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...
(METU). The competition for the monument started in 1965, in which Şadi Çalık came in first place. Çalık completed the monument in 1966.
The bronze monument is
Turkey's first abstract monument dedicated to Atatürk.
On November 10, 2016, the
death day of Atatürk, a commemoration was held by METU staff and students in front of the monument
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Bronze sculptures in Turkey
1966 sculptures
Abstract sculptures in Turkey
Monuments and memorials in Ankara
Monuments and memorials to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey
Middle East Technical University
Outdoor sculptures in Ankara
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