Turkey
Ankara Province
Çankaya District

Human Rights Monument

The Human Rights Monument or Human Rights Sculpture is a monument in Turkey's capital, Ankara. The monument was made by sculptor Metin Yurdanur in 1990 out of bronze.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: statue in Ankara, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Human Rights Statue” and “İnsan Hakları”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kızılay Square and Embassy of Austria.

Square
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July 15 Kızılay National Will Square, originally , is one of the most important centers and junction points of , . is situated 250 metres northwest of Human Rights Monument.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 1 km south of Human Rights Monument.

Metro station
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15 Temmuz Kızılay Millî İrade, formerly known and still commonly referred to as just Kızılay, is an underground station and a hub of the Ankara Metro. A total of four lines meet at Kızılay; Ankaray, the M1, the M2, and the M4. is situated 220 metres northwest of Human Rights Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ankara and Kızılay.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of , central within the country on the plateau of . It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million, with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.

Suburb
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is the city center of in the municipality and district of , . Its population is 1,311. It is named after the Derneği whose former headquarters was located at the .

Town
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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 123 km2, and its population is 413,994. It covers the northeastern part of the city of . Its elevation is 900 m.

Human Rights Monument

Latitude
39.91938° or 39° 55′ 10″ north
Longitude
32.856° or 32° 51′ 22″ east
Open location code
8GFJWV94+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4621807650
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q31192560
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Human Rights Monument” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “İnsan hüquqları heykəli”
  • Turkish: “İnsan Hakları Anıtı”
  • Turkish: “İnsan Hakları Heykeli”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Human Rights Monument”. Photo: Nosferatü, Public domain.