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.
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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.
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