The Monument of Republic, was built by the Italian sculptor Pietro Canonica and the Turkish sculptors Hadi Bara and Sabiha Bengütaş in 1928. The 11 meters high monument was carved with the purpose of narrating the enthusiasm of the Republic of Turkey and the story of War of Independence...
The rectangle shaped monument is covered by pink and green marble. There are figures of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his friends in arms, soldiers, students, citizens, man flag, Turkish women taking place in the army at the front, which describes the “Secular Republic of Turkey” in a symbolical way.
