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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument (Azerbaijani: Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün heykəli) is a statue of former Turkish president Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), located in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku.
Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün heykəli | |
 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument in Baku (September 2012) | |
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| 40°23′22″N 49°50′12″E | |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
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| Designer | Omar Eldarov |
| Type | Memorial |
| Length | 10 m |
| Opening date | 2010 |
| Dedicated to | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
The sculptor of the statue is People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Rector of the Azerbaijan Academy of Arts Ömər Eldarov.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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