Mehmetçik Monument

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Mehmetçik Monument (Kartaltepe Mehmetçik Monument) is a monumental sculpture featuring a Turkish soldier on Kartaltepe of Polatlı, a rural area of Ankara Province, Turkey. The name of the monument Mehmetçik is the diminutive form of the common name Mehmet, which is used to nickname Turkish soldiers.

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Mehmetçik Monument
Nasreddin Hoca Bulvarı,

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N 39.5747 °	E 32.0605 °

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Mehmetçik Anıtı (Kartaltepe Mehmetçik Anıtı)

Nasreddin Hoca Bulvarı
06900
Turkey
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