Victory Monument (Ankara)

Victory Monument

Monument From the West
Location in Turkey
Location	Ankara, Turkey
Designer	Henrich Krippel
Type	Statue
Material	Bronze
Opening date	1927

Coordinates: 39°56′31″N 32°51′17″E / 39.94194°N 32.85472°E / 39.94194; 32.85472 Victory Monument (Turkish: Zafer Anıtı also known as Ulus Atatürk Anıtı) is a monument in Ankara, Turkey.

Geography

The monument is in the Ulus Square which was the main square in Ankara before the 1950s.^[1] It is situated to the east of Atatürk Boulevard.

History

The monument was a result of a nationwide fund drive organized by the journalist Yunus Nadi. After an international competition, the project of Heinrich Krippel from Austria was rewarded. The monument was inaugurated on 24 November 1927. It was restored in 2002.

Technical details

The monument is actually a group of bronze statues. In addition to equestrian Atatürk in the center, there are three more figures; two soldiers and one woman. One soldier is calling his friend to the battlefront and the other one is observing the front. The woman is carrying a cannonball (as a reference to Turkish women who struggled during the Turkish War of Independence) ^[2]

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