Mehmetçik Monument
Mehmetçik Monument is a monumental sculpture featuring a Turkish soldier on Kartaltepe of Polatlı, a rural area of Ankara Province, Turkey. The name of the monument Mehmetçik is the diminutive form of the common name Mehmet, which is used to nickname Turkish soldiers.Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Polatlı, Turkey
- Also known as: “Kartaltepe Mehmetçik Anıtı”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Üçpınar and İğciler.
Üçpınar
Village
Üçpınar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 174.
İğciler
Village
İğciler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 484.
Çekirdeksiz
Village
Çekirdeksiz is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 179. Çekirdeksiz is situated 5 km north of Mehmetçik Monument.
Mehmetçik Monument
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.57505° or 39° 34′ 30″ northLongitude
32.06072° or 32° 3′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8GFJH3G6+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 1473911475OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q18127955
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Mehmetçik Monument” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Dur yolçu heykəli”
- Hungarian: “Mehmetçik emlékmű”
- Turkish: “Mehmetçik Anıtı”
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