Monuments & statues in Turkey
Detourmap maps 78 monuments & statues worth the detour in Turkey — memorials, colossal statues, triumphal arches. The best known is Anıtkabir. All of them are listed below. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.
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Obelisk of Theodosius
Monuments & statues · 15th century BC · Notable
Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the moder…
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Serpent Column
Monuments & statues · 5th century BC · Notable
Victory column in Istanbul, Turkey, from Delphi
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Column of Constantine
Monuments & statues · Notable
Roman triumphal column in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Mevlâna Museum
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Notable
Museum dedicated to the poet Rumi, including Rumi's tomb
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Church of St. Mary of Blachernae
Monuments & statues · 5th century · Notable
Church building in İstanbul, Turkey
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Column of Arcadius
Monuments & statues · 5th century · Notable
Roman triumphal column in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Column of Justinian
Monuments & statues · 6th century · Notable
Roman triumphal column in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Church of St. Mary of the Spring
Monuments & statues · 6th century · Notable
Eastern Orthodox sanctuary in Istanbul
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Büyükada Greek Orthodox Orphanage
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Historical building in Büyükada, Adalar, Istanbul
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Yakutiye Medrese
Monuments & statues · 14th century · Hidden gem
14th-century madrasa in Erzurum, Turkey
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Haji Bektash Veli complex
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Cultural monument in Nevşehir province, Turkey
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Xanthian Obelisk
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Stele bearing a trilingual inscription on the acropolis of the Lycian city of Xanthos
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Atatürk, His Mother and Women's Rights Monument
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Monument in İzmir, western Turkey
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Fountain of Ahmed III (Üsküdar)
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Monumental fountain in İstanbul, Turkey
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Istanbul Armenian Genocide memorial
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Monument in Turkey
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Abdi İpekçi Peace Monument
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Peace monument for Abdi İpekçi
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Büyük Aga Medrese
Monuments & statues · 15th century · Hidden gem
Educational institution or madrasa in Amasya, Turkey
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Respect to Mehmetçik Monument
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Tribute to Turkish soldiers at Gallipoli
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Statue of Pope John XXIII
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Sculpture in Istanbul, Turkey
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Tomb of Turhan Hatice Sultan
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Mausoleum of five Ottoman Sultans, located at Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey
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Helles Memorial to the Missing
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
CWGC cemetery in Turkey
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Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Historical building complex in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey
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New Zealand No.2 Outpost Cemetery
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
WWI CWGC cemetery in Gallipoli, Turkey
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Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
WWI CWGC cemetery in Gallipoli
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Russian Monument of San Stefano
Monuments & statues · 19th century · Hidden gem
Building in Ottoman Empire, present-day Turkey
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Lone Pine
Monuments & statues · Hidden gem
Solitary tree on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, which marked the site of the Battle of Lone Pine in 1915
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33 Martyrs Memorial
Monuments & statues · 21st century · Hidden gem
Monument in Turkey to the memory of 33 unarmed soldiers killed by PKK
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Haydarpaşa Breakwater
Monuments & statues · 20th century · Hidden gem
Breakwater in Haydarpaşa, İstanbul
