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Paşa who established in 1863, sitting on a chair and there are three spicas and a whell at his left and a scale figure at his right The Victory Monument The Monument located on the Atatürk Boulevard was built by Italian sculptor Pietro Canonica in 1927. The statue shows Atatürk standing in his uniform and holding a sword, there are victory wreaths at the base of the statue made of bronze. The Security Monument The statue made of Ankara stone is located inside the Güvenpark in Kızılay and built by Prof. Holzmeister, Prof. Anton Hanlak and Prof. JosephThorak in 1935. The monument which is built as a gift of Turkish people to police and gendarmerie, includes the various reliefs symbolizing these security forces, sculptures of Atatürk and his comrades in arms during the War of Independence and reform movement, reliefs symbolizing the human intellect and agricultural works of farmers. Names of the 81 martrys died in the Duatepe offensive are written on the walls with brass letters. The monument symbolically tells the story how the people of Anatolia run into the Duatepe district. The Mehmetçik Monument will tell the story of the Battle of Sakarya to the future generations and keep the memory of the importance of independence and freedom alive. The Duatepe Monument Duatepe is the first hill that was captured back from the enemy during the Great Offensive and this event took place on September 10, 1921 determined the end of the War of the Independence. Surrounding hills namely, the Gazi Hill, the Türbe Hill and Mangal Mountain were afforested and the monument was built on the Duatepe. The monument consists of five sections; the connection road, the parking zone, hiking trail, the ceremonial ground and the monument. Ribs of Atatürk was broken when he fell down a horse in the Gazi Hill but continued to rule the war personally. One of the two flags in the monument symbolizes the flag of the 58th regiment and the other is the Turkish flag. 72 Victory and civilization like a river under the leadership of Mustafa KemalAtatürk. Statues at the monument have symbolic meanings. The Mehmetçik Monument It is located in the Kartaltepe district near the E-90 highway at the 6 kilometers west of Polatlı province. The monument which has a 40 meter height, 22 meter long statue and 18 meter base, was opened on August 6, 2008. Polatlı province will become a National Park of the History of the Battle of Sakarya with the opening of panoramic museum whose construction is underway, together with present monuments and museums in The ZübeydeHanım Bust The bust of Atatürk’s mother ZübeydeHanım was built on March 31, 1964 in front of the İsmet Paşa Institute for Girls. On the left side of the bust, famous word of Atatürk which is, “Women were the source of life of our army organized by men, “ is written on the left of the bust and there is another famous of Kemal Atatürk which says, “Our women has to work harder if they want to be real mother of our nation” on the right. 73