Haluk Tezonar

Haluk Tezonar (* 1942 in Çorlu ; † December 31, 1995 ) was a Turkish sculptor.

Work and life

Tezoner studied ceramics at the Istanbul Devlet Tatbiki Yüksek Okulu University . There he was influenced in his art by the sculptor Hakkı Karayiğitoğlu . In 1965 he graduated from there and became an assistant at the same college. He later worked as a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts at Marmara University .

On the 150th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's death on May 22, 1977, Tezonar took part in the Beethoven Week in Bonn and exhibited 20 reliefs and busts of Beethoven made by him.

Tezonar is one of the sculptors in Turkey who created most of the Ataturk statues.

The sculptor was a Freemason and a member of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Turkey .

Selected statues

• War memorial for the fallen of the Turkish Liberation War at the Dumlupınar Military Cemetery
• Fallen father with son (war memorial) in Dumlupınar
• Ataturk statue on Republic Square in Yalova
• Ataturk statue on Republic Square in Kayseri
• The fallen of Sakarya in Polatlı in Ankara Province
• The Cezayirli Hasan Paşa statue in front of the castle in Çeşme

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Turkish Ministry of Culture: Biographical information on Tezoner (English)
2. ↑ Virtual Museum Eczaçibaşi: Information on Tezoner as part of the Beethoven Week (English)
3. ↑ Website about Ataturk: Information on Tezonar's Ataturk sculptures ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2007 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. (Turkish) 
4. ↑ Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of Turkey: Information on Tezonar's membership in the Grand Lodge ( Memento of April 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)