Onur Anıtı

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Republic Day celebrations on October 29, 1933

The Onur Anıtı , in German Monument of Honor , in Ataturk Park in the İlkadım district of the Turkish port city of Samsun, is dedicated to the landing of the founder of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , in Samsun on May 19, 1919 as the start of the Turkish Liberation War . It bears an equestrian statue of Ataturk, which was designed by the Austrian architect Heinrich Krippel . The monument is the symbol of the city of Samsun and is depicted both on the city coat of arms and on the coat of arms of the Samsunspor sports club .

history

The equestrian statue of Mustafâ Kemâl Pascha was commissioned in 1927 by the provincial governor of Samsun , Kâzım Pascha , from the Austrian artist and sculptor Heinrich Krippel; he had won the art competition for the victory monument in Ankara , which Ataturk depicted sitting on a horse. The production of the bronze statue took place in Vienna from 1928 to 1931 . The statue was placed on its pedestal in Samsun on October 29, 1931, Republic Day . The memorial was officially inaugurated on January 15, 1932. It was the thirteenth monument to the Turkish founder and chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Krippel's fourth work of art in Turkey.

The total bronze statue is 4.75 meters high, while the entire monument is 8.85 meters high. In addition to the artist's salary of $ 5,500, the memorial cost $ 37,000 to build.

The casting of the bronze statue was carried out by the United Metalworks in Austria. The statue was shipped in 32 individual parts, packed in boxes, with the general cargo ship DS  Nicea of the German Levante Line from Hamburg to Turkey and arrived in Samsun on October 15, 1931.

bibliography

  • Kıvanç Osma: Cumhuriyet Dönemi Anıt Heykelleri (1923–1946) . Ataturk Araştırma Merkezi, Ankara 2003, ISBN 975-16-1678-6 . (Turkish)
  • Oktay Aslanapa: Türkiye'de Avusturyalı Sanat Tarihçileri ve Sanatkarlar . Eren Yayıncılık, Istanbul 1993. (Turkish)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Onur Anıtı. Parish of the city of Samsun, archived from the original on July 16, 2014 ; Retrieved July 16, 2014 (Turkish).
  2. ↑ Zübeyiroğlu, M. Fuat: Gazi'nin 19 Mayıs 1919'da Anadolu'ya Çıktığı Yerde (Turkish) . In: Hakimiyet-i Milliye , January 3, 1932. Retrieved May 3, 2015. 
  3. ↑ Osma: Cumhuriyet Dönemi Anıt Heykelleri (1923–1946). 2003, p. 73.
  4. ↑ Osma: Cumhuriyet Dönemi Anıt Heykelleri (1923–1946). 2003, p. 193.
  5. ↑ Samsun: Güneşin Doğduğu Şehir - Ataturk Anıtı-Onur Anıtı . Yeşilırmak Havzası Kalkınma Birliği, 2010, ISBN 978-975-8329-88-5 , p. 50 ( online [PDF; accessed July 11, 2014]). online ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.yesilirmak.org.tr
  6. ↑ Sarısakal, Baki: Onur Anıtı Açılma Töreni. bakisarisakal.com, archived from the original on July 11, 2014 ; Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Turkish).
  7. ↑ Samsun Belediyesi Meclis Zabıt Tutanakları 7. Toplantı 1. Celse (Turkish) . November 22, 1931. 
  8. ↑ Aslanapa: Türkiye'de Avusturyalı Sanat Tarihçileri ve Sanatkarlar. 1993, p. 46.
  9. ↑ Ahali newspaper from November 20, 1931 (Turkish)

Coordinates: 41 ° 17 ′ 20 ″  N , 26 ° 20 ′ 11 ″  E