Atatürk Monument, Victory Field, Ankara

LOCATION: Ankara, Victory Field

DATE: October 24, 1927 (Anonymous 1927a:1)

ARTIST: Pietro CANONICA

BY: Ministry of Education (Eyice 1986: 17)

PROJECTED WAY: Competition (Eyice 1986:17)

PLACE OF MADE: Italy/Turin (Eyice 1986:17)

MONUMENT

Material: Sculpture; bronze, plinth; marble.

Dimensions: Sculpture; 1.75 m., pedestal; 2 m.

HISTORY: The monument was opened with the speech of Mehmet Emin Bey, Head of Education and Training Department of the Ministry of National Education, after the opening ceremony of the Atlı Atatürk Monument in front of the Ethnography Museum (Anonymous 1927 d: 1).

DESCRIPTION:   This monument consists of a plain, rectangular prism-shaped base surrounded by bronze garlands and a figure of Atatürk.

Atatürk is depicted standing, wearing a hood. He can be described as a victorious commander with Atatürk's dress, stance and facial expression, who grasps the hilt of the sword he is holding on the axis of his body with both hands and is shown looking away with a calm facial expression.

Atatürk monument

Source: A A M Cumhuriyet Dönemi Anıt Heykelleri, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Kıvanç Osma, Ankara 2003. ISBN: 975-16-1678-6. Sayfa:39-40