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National Ascension Monument

Turkey

The National Ascension Monument (Ulusal Yükseliş Anıtı) is an Atatürk monument by Hüseyin Gezer created in 1964 and located in Antalya, Turkey. It has been described as one of Turkey's most meaningful monuments. The monument represents, with a sudden rising base and figures right on the edge, the unity, and leadership of Atatürk leading Turkey through a series of victories leading up to the foundation of the Turkish Republic.

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