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{{Short description|Sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul}}

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| native_name = Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı
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| complete = {{Start date and age|2000}}
| complete = 1999
|open={{Start date and age|2000|02|01|df=y}}
| material = [[Bronze]]
| material = [[Bronze]]
|image=Abdi İpekçi Anıtı (2).JPG
|image=File:Abdi İpekçi Peace Monument.jpg
|caption=The monument in 2006.
|caption=The monument in 2017.
| designer = [[Gürdal Duyar]]
| designer = [[Gürdal Duyar]]
| height ={{convert|3.5|m|ft}}
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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 that he was assassinated in 1979.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/vuruldugu-yere-ipekci-aniti-39129406 | title = Vurulduğu yere İpekçi anıtı | access-date = 10 December 2020 | lang = tr |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190525161514/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/vuruldugu-yere-ipekci-aniti-39129406 | archive-date = 25 May 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Duydu|2021|pp=111, 131}}
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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news | url = https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/vuruldugu-yere-ipekci-aniti-39129406 | title = Vurulduğu yere İpekçi anıtı | access-date = 10 December 2020 | lang = tr |newspaper=[[Hürriyet]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190525161514/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/vuruldugu-yere-ipekci-aniti-39129406 | archive-date = 25 May 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Duydu|2021|pp=111, 131}}


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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/abdi-ipekci-vefatinin-40-yilinda-aniliyor-abdi-ipekcinin-hayatina-iliskin-bilgiler-41101729|newspaper=[[Hürriyet]]|date=1 February 2019|title=Abdi İpekçi vefatının 40. yılında anılıyor: Abdi İpekçi’nin hayatına ilişkin bilgiler|access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/abdi-ipekci-vefatinin-40-yilinda-aniliyor-abdi-ipekcinin-hayatina-iliskin-bilgiler-41101729|newspaper=[[Hürriyet]]|date=1 February 2019|title=Abdi İpekçi vefatının 40. yılında anılıyor: Abdi İpekçi'nin hayatına ilişkin bilgiler|access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>


== Description ==
== Description ==
The sculpture, which is made of bronze, is {{convert|3.5|m|ft}} tall and on top of a {{convert|70|cm|in}} granite [[plinth]]. The monument consists of two children, a boy and a girl, holding up a bust of İpekçi. Ontop of the monument there is a dove representing peace.<ref>{{Cite news |title=İpekçi anıtı barışı simgeleyecek |newspaper=[[Milliyet]] |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/ipekci-aniti-barisi-simgeleyecek-5331813 |url-status=live |url-access= |access-date=10 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227171936/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/ipekci-aniti-barisi-simgeleyecek-5331813 |archive-date=27 December 2020 |lang=tr}}</ref> The [[arch]] crossing over the bust is supported by two columns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ibrahimtunca |title=Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı – Şişli Gezi Rehberi |url=https://www.sisligezirehberi.com/rehber/abdi-ipekci-baris-aniti/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Şişli Gezi Rehberi |publisher=[[Şişli]] Municipality |language=tr}}</ref>{{sfn|Duydu|2021|p=132}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demir |first=Osman |date=1 February 2020 |title=Abdi İpekçi kimdir? Abdi İpekçi hayatı ve biyografisi! |url=https://www.haberler.com/haberler/abdi-ipekci-kimdir-abdi-ipekci-hayati-ve-12874130-haberi/?ysclid=l9r3qiko2u834710493 |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>
The sculpture is located close to the middle of the [[Abdi İpekçi Street]].{{sfn|Özkan|2020|p=83}} The sculpture was made by the sculptor [[Gürdal Duyar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kuzucular |first=Şahamettin |author-link=Şahamettin Kuzucular |date=20 January 2016 |year=2016 |orig-date= |title=Gürdal Duyar Hayatı Sanatı |url=https://edebiyatvesanatakademisi.com/turk-heykeltraslar/gurdal-duyar-2108.aspx |access-date=29 October 2022 |website=edebiyatvesanatakademisi.com |publisher=Edebiyat ve Sanat Akademisi}}</ref> The [[bronze sculpture]] is {{convert|3.5|m|ft}} tall and stands on top of a {{convert|70|cm|in}} granite [[plinth]]. The composition of the sculpture consists of two children, a boy and a girl, holding up a bust of İpekçi. Behind the boy and girl are two columns supporting an [[arch]], on top of which there is a dove that represents peace.<ref>{{Cite news |title=İpekçi anıtı barışı simgeleyecek |newspaper=[[Milliyet]] |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/ipekci-aniti-barisi-simgeleyecek-5331813 |url-status=live |url-access= |access-date=10 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227171936/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/ipekci-aniti-barisi-simgeleyecek-5331813 |archive-date=27 December 2020 |lang=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ibrahimtunca |title=Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı – Şişli Gezi Rehberi |url=https://www.sisligezirehberi.com/rehber/abdi-ipekci-baris-aniti/ |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=Şişli Gezi Rehberi |publisher=[[Şişli]] Municipality |language=tr}}</ref>{{sfn|Duydu|2021|p=132}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demir |first=Osman |date=1 February 2020 |title=Abdi İpekçi kimdir? Abdi İpekçi hayatı ve biyografisi! |url=https://www.haberler.com/haberler/abdi-ipekci-kimdir-abdi-ipekci-hayati-ve-12874130-haberi/?ysclid=l9r3qiko2u834710493 |access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>


The monument is located near the location of [[Abdi İpekçi]]'s former house at the place where he was shot and killed by [[Mehmet Ali Ağca|an assassin]] in 1979.<ref name=":1" />{{sfn|Duydu|2021|p=131}}


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== Erection ==
[[File:Grand Opening Of The Abdi Ipekci Monument in 2000.png|thumb|left|The inauguration ceremony of the monument in 2000.{{sfn|Milliyet|2000|p=7}}]]
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The project was done by architect [[Erhan İşözen]] upon the request of the [[Şişli]] municipality. The sculptor [[Gürdal Duyar]]<ref name=":0" /> brought the project to life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazetesi |first=Evrensel |title=Gürdal Duyar için... |url=https://www.evrensel.net/haber/150019/gurdal-duyar-icin |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=Evrensel.net |language=tr-TR}}</ref> The monument was inaugurated on the 21st anniversary of Abdi İpekçi's assassination, following a ceremony at İpekçi's grave at the [[Zincirlikuyu Cemetery]]. The inauguration was attended by İpekçi's family, close friends, and colleagues such as the editor-in-chief at the time of the ''[[Milliyet]]'' newspaper [[Yalçın Doğan]] and President of the Turkish Journalists Association [[Nail Güreli]]. Doğan and Güreli made speeches during the inauguration ceremony. During the ceremony Güreli said that the system didn't let much light be shed onto the assassination and that the assassins were being protected, stating: "The negligence of the rulers of the country led to the murder of İpekçi and many journalists by dark forces.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2000 |title=Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı |url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2000/02/02/g09.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=arsiv.sabah.com.tr |agency=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah Online]]}}</ref> This ignorance must end now. Unfortunately, such an effort is not evident." [[Andreas Politakis]], founder of the [[Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Prize]], sent a wreath to the ceremony which was on 1 February 2000. On the wreath it was written that "Abdi İpekçi's vision for Turkish-Greek rapprochement comes true 21 years later." The ceremony, which was attended by the Mayor of Şişli Municipality [[Mustafa Sarıgül]], had a large crowd.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/barisin-aniti-oldu-5331539 | title = 'Barışın anıtı' oldu | access-date= 10 December 2020 | lang= tr| newspaper= [[Milliyet]] |url-access=registration |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201227172120/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/barisin-aniti-oldu-5331539 |archive-date= 27 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Milliyet|2000|p=7}}


== Later events ==
[[File:AbdiIpekciToren2022.webp|thumb|A ceremony on the anniversary of the erection of the monument and [[Abdi İpekçi]]s death in 2022.]]


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In 2006, journalists who opposed the release of İpekçi's murderer [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] participated in the ''[[:tr:Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış|Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış]]'' program which was held in front of Abdi İpekçi's monument. The program ''Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış'' was broadcast from the street for the first time. Before the program in which many journalists reacted to this decision, guests left red carnations at İpekçi's monument and commemorated İpekçi.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/hukuk-soykirimi-255329 | title = Hukuk soykırımı | access-date= 10 December 2020 | lang= tr| newspaper= [[Milliyet]] | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201227172251/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/hukuk-soykirimi-255329 | archive-date= 27 December 2020}}</ref>
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== History ==
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The project was done by architect [[Erhan İşözen]] upon the request of the [[Şişli]] municipality. The sculptor [[Gürdal Duyar]] brought the project to life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazetesi |first=Evrensel |title=Gürdal Duyar için... |url=https://www.evrensel.net/haber/150019/gurdal-duyar-icin |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Evrensel.net |language=tr-TR}}</ref> The monument was opend on the 21st anniversary of Abdi İpekçis assassination. Before the inauguration of the sculpture, a ceremony was organised at İpekçis grave at the [[Zincirlikuyu Cemetery]]. The inauguration was attended by İpekçis family, close friends, and colleagues such as the editor-in-chief at the time of the [[Milliyet]] newspaper [[Yalçın Doğan]] and President of the Turkish Journalists Association [[Nail Güreli]]. Doğan and Güreli made speeches during the inauguration ceremony. During the ceremony Güreli said that the system didn't let much light be shed onto the assassination and that the assassins were being protected stating: "The negligence of the rulers of the country led to the murder of İpekçi and many journalists by dark forces.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2000 |title=Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı |url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2000/02/02/g09.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=arsiv.sabah.com.tr |agency=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah Online]]}}</ref> This ignorance must end now. Unfortunately, such an effort is not evident." [[Andreas Politakis]], founder of the [[Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Prize]], sent a wreath to the ceremony which was on 1 February 2000. On the wreath it was written that "Abdi İpekçi's vision for Turkish-Greek rapprochement comes true 21 years later." The ceremony, which was attended by the Mayor of Şişli Municipality [[Mustafa Sarıgül]], had a large crowd.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/barisin-aniti-oldu-5331539 | title = ‘Barışın anıtı’ oldu | access-date= 10 December 2020 | lang= tr| newspaper= [[Milliyet]] |url-access=registration |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201227172120/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/barisin-aniti-oldu-5331539 |archive-date= 27 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


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On 3 May 2018, [[World Press Freedom Day]], the Press Council members flew pigeons in front of the Abdi İpekçi Monument.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2018 |title=Abdi İpekçi Anıtı Önünde Beyaz Güvercinler Uçurdular |url=https://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-abdi-ipekci-aniti-onunde-beyaz-guvercinler-10812988/ |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=Son Dakika |language=tr}}</ref>
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In 2006, journalists who opposed the release of İpekçi's murderer [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] participated in the ''[[:tr:Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış|Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış]]'' program which was held in front of Abdi İpekçi's monument. The program ''[[:tr:Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış|Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış]]'' was broadcast from the street for the first time. Before the program in which many journalists reacted to this decision, guests left red carnations at İpekçi's monument and commemorated İpekçi.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/hukuk-soykirimi-255329 | title = Hukuk soykırımı | access-date= 10 December 2020 | lang= tr| newspaper= [[Milliyet]] | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201227172251/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/hukuk-soykirimi-255329 | archive-date= 27 December 2020}}</ref>


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İpekçi is remembered in ceremonies in front of the monument such as at the 43rd,<ref>{{Cite news|agency=tv100|url=https://www.tv100.com/abdi-ipekci-kimdir-abdi-ipekci-kac-yasinda-oldu-abdi-ipekci-ne-zaman-oldu-abdi-ipekci-nasil-oldu-abdi-ipekci-nerede-oldu-abdi-ipekciyi-kim-oldurdu-haber-592543|access-date=27 October 2022|date=1 February 2022|title=Abdi İpekçi kimdir? Abdi İpekçi kaç yaşında, ne zaman, nasıl öldü? Abdi İpekçi ölümünün 43. yıl dönümünde anılıyor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|website=journo.com.tr|title=Abdi İpekçi: Gazeteciler seni unutmuyor|url=https://journo.com.tr/abdi-ipekci-anma-2022|date=1 February 2022|access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> and the 44th anniversary of his assassination.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=Abdi İpekçi ölümünün 44.yılında anıldı. Duayen gazeteci sokak ortasında katledilmişti |url=https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/duayen-gazeteci-abdi-ipekci-olumunun-44yilinda-zincirlikuyu-mezarligindaki-kabri-basinda-anildi-625147h.htm |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=[[Yeniçağ|Yeni Çağ Newspaper]] |language=tr}}</ref>
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On 3 May 2018, World Press Freedom Day, the Press Council members flew pidgeons in front of the Abdi İpekçi Monument.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-03 |title=Abdi İpekçi Anıtı Önünde Beyaz Güvercinler Uçurdular |url=https://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-abdi-ipekci-aniti-onunde-beyaz-guvercinler-10812988/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Son Dakika |language=tr}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of public art in Istanbul]]


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İpekçi is remembered in ceremonies in front of the monument such as at the 43rd anniversary of his assasination.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=tv100|url=https://www.tv100.com/abdi-ipekci-kimdir-abdi-ipekci-kac-yasinda-oldu-abdi-ipekci-ne-zaman-oldu-abdi-ipekci-nasil-oldu-abdi-ipekci-nerede-oldu-abdi-ipekciyi-kim-oldurdu-haber-592543|access-date=27 October 2022|date=1 February 2022|title=Abdi İpekçi kimdir? Abdi İpekçi kaç yaşında, ne zaman, nasıl öldü? Abdi İpekçi ölümünün 43. yıl dönümünde anılıyor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|website=journo.com.tr|title=Abdi İpekçi: Gazeteciler seni unutmuyor|url=https://journo.com.tr/abdi-ipekci-anma-2022|date=1 February 2022|access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===
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*{{cite news |first= |last= |author-link= |author= |title=Abdi İpekçi ilkeleriyle anılacak |trans-title=Abdi İpekçi will be remembered through his principles |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/the-others/abdi-ipekci-ilkeleriyle-anilacak-5331715 |format= |agency=[[Milliyet]] |work= |publisher= |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=31 January 2000 |ref={{harvid|Milliyet|2000b}}|access-date=4 November 2022 |language=Turkish }}
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*{{cite thesis |type=PhD |last=Duydu|first=Merve |date=2021 |title=CUMHURİYETTEN GÜNÜMÜZE SANAT SİYASET DENKLEMİNDE KAMUSAL ALAN VE HEYKEL |publisher=[[Yıldız Technical University]]|location=Istanbul}}
*{{cite news |last=Durbaş|first=Refik|author-link=Refik Durbaş |date=21 April 2004|title=Gürdal Duyar'ın Vedası... |trans-title=Gürdal Duyar's Farewell... |url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/Yazarlar/durbas/2004/04/21/Gurdal_Duyar_in_vedasi|language=tr |agency=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] |access-date=4 November 2022 }}
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*{{cite thesis |type=PhD |last=Duydu|first=Merve |date=2021 |title=Cumhuriyetten Günümüze Sanat Siyaset Denkleminde Kamusal Alan ve Heykel |publisher=[[Yıldız Technical University]]|location=Istanbul|url=http://dspace.yildiz.edu.tr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/12763/5423.pdf}}
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[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Turkey]]
*{{cite news|first=Nükhet İzet |last=İpekçi|title=Bir taş kesilme Öyküsü|via=[[CORE (research service)|CORE]]|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/80957809.pdf|date=6 February 2000|newspaper=Unspecified Newspaper}}
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[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Istanbul]]
*{{cite news|title=İPEKÇİ Özgürlük Kahramanı|newspaper=[[Milliyet]]|url=https://openaccess.marmara.edu.tr/server/enwiki/api/core/bitstreams/14a52910-0ecd-4c41-9fa0-9af23ed6dd6d/content|via=[[Marmara University]] Open Access|date=2 February 2000|pages=1, 7|ref={{harvid|Milliyet|2000}}}}
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*{{cite thesis |type=MSc |last=Özkan |first=Pınar |date=2020 |title=İstanbul Kenti Bazi Alişveriş Caddelerinin Peyzaj Tasarimi Açisindan Değerlendirilmesi |publisher=[[Bursa Uludağ University]] |location=Bursa |url=https://acikerisim.uludag.edu.tr/bitstream/11452/11729/1/621586.pdf}}{{ORCID|0000-0002-8485-5449}}

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[[Category:Abdi İpekçi|Monument]]

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Abdi İpekçi Peace Monument
Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı
The monument in 2017.
Map
41°02′58″N 28°59′30″E / 41.04944°N 28.99167°E / 41.04944; 28.99167
LocationAbdi İpekçi Street
DesignerGürdal Duyar
Typesculpture
MaterialBronze
Height3.5 metres (11 ft)
Completion date1999
Opening date1 February 2000; 24 years ago (2000-02-01)
Dedicated toAbdi İpekçi
Websitewww.sisligezirehberi.com/rehber/abdi-ipekci-baris-aniti/
Inventory CodeTR.ANT.34.35.14.001

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]

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]

Description

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The sculpture is located close to the middle of the Abdi İpekçi Street.[4] The sculpture was made by the sculptor Gürdal Duyar.[5] The bronze sculpture is 3.5 metres (11 ft) tall and stands on top of a 70 centimetres (28 in) granite plinth. The composition of the sculpture consists of two children, a boy and a girl, holding up a bust of İpekçi. Behind the boy and girl are two columns supporting an arch, on top of which there is a dove that represents peace.[6][7][8][9]

The monument is located near the location of Abdi İpekçi's former house at the place where he was shot and killed by an assassin in 1979.[1][10]

Erection

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The inauguration ceremony of the monument in 2000.[11]

The project was done by architect Erhan İşözen upon the request of the Şişli municipality. The sculptor Gürdal Duyar[5] brought the project to life.[12] The monument was inaugurated on the 21st anniversary of Abdi İpekçi's assassination, following a ceremony at İpekçi's grave at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. The inauguration was attended by İpekçi's family, close friends, and colleagues such as the editor-in-chief at the time of the Milliyet newspaper Yalçın Doğan and President of the Turkish Journalists Association Nail Güreli. Doğan and Güreli made speeches during the inauguration ceremony. During the ceremony Güreli said that the system didn't let much light be shed onto the assassination and that the assassins were being protected, stating: "The negligence of the rulers of the country led to the murder of İpekçi and many journalists by dark forces.[13] This ignorance must end now. Unfortunately, such an effort is not evident." Andreas Politakis, founder of the Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Prize, sent a wreath to the ceremony which was on 1 February 2000. On the wreath it was written that "Abdi İpekçi's vision for Turkish-Greek rapprochement comes true 21 years later." The ceremony, which was attended by the Mayor of Şişli Municipality Mustafa Sarıgül, had a large crowd.[14][11]

Later events

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A ceremony on the anniversary of the erection of the monument and Abdi İpekçis death in 2022.

In 2006, journalists who opposed the release of İpekçi's murderer Mehmet Ali Ağca participated in the Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış program which was held in front of Abdi İpekçi's monument. The program Abbas Güçlü ile Genç Bakış was broadcast from the street for the first time. Before the program in which many journalists reacted to this decision, guests left red carnations at İpekçi's monument and commemorated İpekçi.[15]

On 3 May 2018, World Press Freedom Day, the Press Council members flew pigeons in front of the Abdi İpekçi Monument.[16]

İpekçi is remembered in ceremonies in front of the monument such as at the 43rd,[17][18] and the 44th anniversary of his assassination.[19]

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  1. ^ a b "Vurulduğu yere İpekçi anıtı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ Duydu 2021, pp. 111, 131.
  3. ^ "Abdi İpekçi vefatının 40. yılında anılıyor: Abdi İpekçi'nin hayatına ilişkin bilgiler". Hürriyet. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. ^ Özkan 2020, p. 83.
  5. ^ a b Kuzucular, Şahamettin (20 January 2016). "Gürdal Duyar Hayatı Sanatı". edebiyatvesanatakademisi.com. Edebiyat ve Sanat Akademisi. Retrieved 29 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ "İpekçi anıtı barışı simgeleyecek". Milliyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  7. ^ ibrahimtunca. "Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı – Şişli Gezi Rehberi". Şişli Gezi Rehberi (in Turkish). Şişli Municipality. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. ^ Duydu 2021, p. 132.
  9. ^ Demir, Osman (1 February 2020). "Abdi İpekçi kimdir? Abdi İpekçi hayatı ve biyografisi!". Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  10. ^ Duydu 2021, p. 131.
  11. ^ a b Milliyet 2000, p. 7.
  12. ^ Gazetesi, Evrensel. "Gürdal Duyar için..." Evrensel.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Abdi İpekçi Barış Anıtı". arsiv.sabah.com.tr. Sabah Online. 2 February 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  14. ^ "'Barışın anıtı' oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Hukuk soykırımı". Milliyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Abdi İpekçi Anıtı Önünde Beyaz Güvercinler Uçurdular". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 3 May 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Abdi İpekçi kimdir? Abdi İpekçi kaç yaşında, ne zaman, nasıl öldü? Abdi İpekçi ölümünün 43. yıl dönümünde anılıyor". tv100. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Abdi İpekçi: Gazeteciler seni unutmuyor". journo.com.tr. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Abdi İpekçi ölümünün 44.yılında anıldı. Duayen gazeteci sokak ortasında katledilmişti". Yeni Çağ Newspaper (in Turkish). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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