Neşet Ertaş was a Turkish folk music singer, lyricist, modern ashik and virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument the bağlama. His profession in Turkish is known as halk ozanı, which literally means "folk bard". Yaşar Kemal gave Ertaş his nickname, "Bozkırın Tezenesi", writing it in a book he gave him as a gift.
Anıtkabir is a mausoleum complex located in the Çankaya district of Ankara, Turkey. It serves as the resting place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first President of the Turkish Republic. Designed by architects Emin Onat and Orhan Arda, the construction of Anıtkabir began in 1944 and was completed in 1953. In addition to the mausoleum, the complex consists of various structures and monuments, as well as a wooded area known as the Peace Park.
Kırşehir, historically known as Mocissus or Mokissos and Justinianopolis (Ἰουστινιανούπολις) in ancient times, is a city in Turkey. It is the seat of Kırşehir Province and Kırşehir District. Its population is 150,700 (2022). Its elevation is 1,027 m (3,369 ft). The Mayor of Kırşehir is Selahattin Ekicioğlu.
Fazıl Say is a Turkish pianist and composer.
Sivrihisar is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,748 km2, and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is 1,070 m (3,510 ft).
The Ethnography Museum of Ankara is dedicated to the cultures of Turkic civilizations. The building was designed by architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu and was built between 1925 and 1928. The museum temporarily hosted the sarcophagus of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from 1938 to 1953, during the period of the construction of Anıtkabir, his final resting place.
Melih Cevdet Anday was a Turkish writer whose poetry stands outside the traditional literary movements. He also wrote in many other genres which, over six and a half decades, included eleven collections of poems, eight plays, eight novels, fifteen collections of essays, several of which won major literary awards. He also translated several books from diverse languages into Turkish.
The Namık Kemal House Museum is a historic house museum in Tekirdağ, northwestern Turkey devoted to the life and works of Namık Kemal (1840–1888), Turkish nationalist poet. It is a rebuilt 19th-century house, which was transformed 1993 into a museum.
Nedim Şener is a Turkish writer and journalist who has written for the Milliyet and Posta newspapers. He has received a number of journalism awards, including the Turkish Journalists' Association Press Freedom Award, the International Press Institute's World Press Freedom Heroes award, and PEN Freedom of Expression Award. He is particularly known for his 2009 book on the assassination of Hrant Dink, which showed the role of Turkish security. He is under indictment in the Odatv case of the Ergenekon trials because, he believes, his 2009 book alleged that police officers responsible for the Ergenekon investigation were responsible for the Dink murder.
Hagop Vahram Çerçiyan was a 20th-century Armenian professor of mathematics, geography, and calligraphy at the Robert College of Istanbul, known for designing the signature of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey.
Turhan Feyzioğlu was a Turkish academic and a politician.
The Mehmet Akif Ersoy Literature Museum Library is a literary museum and archive dedicated to Turkish literature and named after the poet Mehmet Âkif Ersoy (1873–1936), the Turkish poet of the Turkish National Anthem. Located in Ankara, Turkey, the museum was established by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and opened on March 12, 2011, the 90th anniversary of the adoption the national anthem.
Heinrich Krippel was an Austrian sculptor, painter, chalcographer and illustrator. He is best known for his creation of monumental statues of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey.
Güvenpark or Güven Park, is an urban public park located adjacent to the Liberty Square in the Kızılay neighborhood of Ankara in Turkey. Established in the 1930s as part of the green belts proposed in the urban plan of the rapid growing capital, the park is noted for the Security Monument. In mid-March 2016, a bomb explosion close to it caused the death of more than 30 people while over 100 were injured.
Gürdal Duyar was a Turkish sculptor who is known for his monuments to Atatürk and his busts of famous people. His art is characterized as having a modern expressionist style that is balanced with abstraction. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern figurative sculpture in Turkey. Duyar was also a painter and is noted for his sketches, but his best-known works are the public sculptures placed in Istanbul's parks and public squares.
Hüseyin Gezer, was a Turkish sculptor.
The Human Rights Monument or Human Rights Sculpture is a monument in Turkey's capital, Ankara.
A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility is a 1999 book by Taner Akçam about Armenian genocide denial, originally published in Turkish. Paul Bessemer translated content from the original Turkish for the 2006 English translation, and Zoryan Institute members Julie Gilmour and George Shirinian revised the raw translation.
Miras, is a sculpture by Turkish sculptor Metin Yurdanur. It is famous for being the first civilian sculpture in Ankara. The work describes Nasreddin Hodja on a Hittite Chimera.
Eller is a 1979 sculpture by Metin Yurdanur located in the Abdi İpekçi Park in Ankara.
