Ataturk statue (Mersin)
The Ataturk Monument ( Turkish Mersin Ataturk Anıtı ) is a bronze statue in the southern Turkish coastal city of Mersin , which depicts the founder of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk . The monument is located on ″ Republic Square ″ ( Cumhuriyet Meydanı ) right in front of the Halkevi of Mersin. The Ismet Inonu- -Straße located southwest. Until the 1960s, the Ataturk monument was on the Mediterranean coast , since the expansion of the port of Mersin it is 250 meters from the sea.
Tevfik Sırrı Gür, governor of the province of Icel , as Mersin was called then , from 1943 to 1947 , had the Ataturk monument built. It was inaugurated on April 23, 1944, the 24th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Parliament . The statue was designed by the Turkish professor of sculpture Kenan Yontunç , who had already designed several Ataturk monuments.
The monument consists of a marble podium and a bronze statue of Mustafâ Kemâl Pasha in military uniform. The height of the statue is 3.3 meters.
Individual evidence
- ^ City map of Mersin
- ↑ Şinasi Develi: Vali Tevfik Sırrı Gür. ( Turkish ).
- ↑ Travel website for Mersin (Turkish).
- ^ Website of the Mersin department of the Ministry of Culture (Turkish).
Coordinates: 34 ° 47 ′ 37 ″ N , 34 ° 37 ′ 31 ″ E