The Atatürk Mask (Turkish: Atatürk Maskı) is a large concrete bust of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, located in Buca district of İzmir. The sculpture was completed in 2009 at a cost of ₺4.2 million.
Atatürk Maskı | |
 Photo of the Mask | |
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| 38°24′21.8″N 27°08′44.9″E / 38.406056°N 27.145806°E | |
| Location | Buca, İzmir, Turkey |
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| Designer | Harun Atalayman |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Material | Concrete |
| Height | 42 metres (138 ft)[1] |
| Beginning date | 2006[1] |
| Completion date | 2009[1] |
| Restored date | 2018[2] |
| Dedicated to | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
| Cost | ₺4.2 million[1] |
History edit
Buca Municipality has agreed with sculptor Harun Atalayman to have a monument dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk built.[3] The sculpture, the construction of which started in 2006, was completed in 2009 at a cost of ₺4.2 million.[1][4] In September 2010, a museum called the Independence War and 9 September Museum was established within the sculpture for a brief of time.[5][6] In 2018, after being damaged by weather and climate, help was asked from trained mountain climbers with the repairs, because a crane is not able to access some locations of the monument.[7][2]
Design edit
The Atatürk Mask, at 42 m (138 ft) high, is the highest relief sculpture in Turkey, and the tenth highest relief sculpture in the world.[1] It is built up over a scaffolding and not carved into the side of the mountain.[8] To be more specific, the monument is steel structure containing a space truss system.[9] In the lower left corner of the sculpture, Atatürk's quote "Peace at Home, Peace in the World" and his signature are embossed.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Özlü, Can (12 September 2009). "İzmir'e 42 metrelik Atatürk dağı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). İzmir. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ a b "İzmir'de 42 metrelik Atatürk maskına bakım". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "'Atatürk'ün maskına bile sahip çıkamıyorlar!'". Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 23 October 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Kişi başına kaç Atatürk heykeli düşüyor?". Yeni Akit. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Buca'da, Milli Mücadele ve 9 Eylül Müzesi kuruldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Atatürk Maskı ve Müzesi harabeye döndü!". Sözcü (in Turkish). 25 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "İzmir'deki Atatürk Maskı'na bilimsel bakım". 13 November 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Turkey's Mount Rushmore". AFAR. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Yalçın Koca, Mehmet; Kincal, Cem; Turan Arslan, Ahmet; Recep Yilmaz, Halil (February 2011) [2009]. "Anchor application in Karatepe andesite rock slope, Izmir—Türkiye". Geological Engineering, Civil Engineering. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 48 (2). Izmir: Elsevier (published 16 December 2010): 245–258. Bibcode:2011IJRMM..48..245K. doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.11.006.
External links edit
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