Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument, Baku

{{short description|Monument dedicated to Atatürk in Baku, Azerbaijan}}

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| name = Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument

| native_name = Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün heykəli

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| caption = Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument in Baku (September 2012)

| location = Baku, Azerbaijan

| designer = Omar Eldarov

| type = Memorial

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| open = 2010

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| dedicated_to = Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument ({{langx|az|Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün heykəli}}) is a statue of former Turkish president Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), located in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku.

Description

The sculptor of the statue is People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Rector of the Azerbaijan Academy of Arts Ömər Eldarov.{{Cite news |title= Eldarov Ömər Həsən oğlu |website=Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası |access-date= 30 May 2020 |url=http://www.science.gov.az/forms/deystvitelnyie-chlenyi/9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080239/http://www.science.gov.az/forms/deystvitelnyie-chlenyi/9 |archive-date= 2019-05-24 |language=az}}

History

The monument was opened on 17 May 2010 in a park on the intersection of Səməd Vurğun and Bakıxanov streets in front of the Turkish Embassy in Nasimi district of Baku.{{Cite news |title= Bakıda Türkiyə Respublikasının banisi Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün abidəsi açılmışdır |date= 18 May 2010 |access-date= 30 May 2020 |url=http://old.xalqqazeti.com/az/news/official/1524|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190524074842/http://old.xalqqazeti.com/az/news/official/1524 |archive-date= 2019-05-24 }} Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva, then Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan attended the opening ceremony. A guard of honor was lined up in the park decorated with the national flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey.{{Cite news |title= Bakıda Türkiyə Cümhuriyyətinin qurucusu Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün abidəsi açılmışdır |date= 17 May 2010 |access-date= 30 May 2020 |url=https://president.az/articles/50|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080133/https://president.az/articles/50 |archive-date= 2019-05-24 }}

References

Baku

Category:Monuments and memorials in Baku

Category:Azerbaijan–Turkey relations

Category:Sculptures by Omar Eldarov