Abdi İpekçi Peace Monument
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The Abdi İpekçi Peace Monument is a monument sculpted by Gürdal Duyar, commissioned by the Şişli Municipality in 2000 in honor of the editor-in-chief of the Milliyet newspaper Abdi İpekçi and erected at the place where he was assassinated in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1979.[1][2]
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Location | Abdi İpekçi Street |
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Designer | Gürdal Duyar |
Type | sculpture |
Material | Bronze |
Height | 3.5 metres (11 ft) |
Completion date | 1999 |
Opening date | 1 February 2000; 24 years ago (2000-02-01) |
Dedicated to | Abdi İpekçi |
Website | www |
Inventory Code | TR.ANT.34.35.14.001 |
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The monument, which was erected on 2000, follows the renaming of Emlak Street to Abdi İpekçi Street in 1979, the Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Prize in 1980, and the Abdi İpekçi Arena in commemorating İpekçi.[3]