Republic Square

This guide to Republic Square in Antalya centers on the bronze equestrian monument to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk overlooking the old harbour, the 1964 national contest among twenty-eight sculptors that produced it, and the image of forward momentum that winner Hüseyin Gezer chose. It traces the dates inscribed at its base back to Atatürk's 1919 landing at Samsun, and follows how the square's name and evening life still carry that history.