Monument for Atatürk at Sirkeci Station
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Record Details
- English Title
- Monument for Atatürk at Sirkeci Station
- Turkish Title
- Atatürk heykeli, Sirkeci Istasyonu
- Location
- Sirkeci
- Province
- Istanbul
- Search Terms
- Places-- Train Station
- Monument-- Atatürk
- Historical Personality-- Atatürk
- Language-- Grammar
- Photographer
- Gottfried Hagen
- Year Taken
- 2002
- Narrative
- Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene: "How happy is the one who can say 'I am a Turk'."
- This is a monument dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Turkish republic. Statues like this are everywhere in Turkey, and there is usually one of his famous quotes accompanying his image. Most homes, offices, and classrooms, as well, usually have a photograph of him.
- Railroads once were an important part of Atatürk's modernization project.
- Sponsor Donor
- University of Michigan Language Resource Center
- Copyright Holder
- Gottfried Hagen
- filename
- 03011
Technical Details
- Collection
- Turkish Life in Pictures
- Image Size
- 1221 x 835
- File Size
- 136 KB
- Record
- 03011
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tlpic/x-03011/03011
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/tlpic:03011
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"Monument for Atatürk at Sirkeci Station." In the digital collection Turkish Life in Pictures. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tlpic/x-03011/03011. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2025.