Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument, Baku

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 Kemal Atatürk Monument

Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün heykəli
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Monument in Baku (September 2012)
40°23′22″N 49°50′12″E
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Designer	Omar Eldarov
Type	Memorial
Length	10 m
Opening date	2010
Dedicated to	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Description

The sculptor of the statue is People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Rector of the Azerbaijan Academy of Arts Ömər Eldarov.^[1]

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.^[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]

References

1. "Eldarov Ömər Həsən oğlu". Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
2. "Bakıda Türkiyə Respublikasının banisi Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün abidəsi açılmışdır". 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
3. "Bakıda Türkiyə Cümhuriyyətinin qurucusu Mustafa Kamal Atatürkün abidəsi açılmışdır". 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 30 May 2020.