Atatürk and Şerife Bacı Monument

The monument is in the Cumhuriyet square in front of Kastamonu Governor's Office at 41°22′35″N 33°46′40″E / 41.37639°N 33.77778°E / 41.37639; 33.77778.

Any weapon or ammunition from Istanbul to İnebolu port (Kastamonu Province) had to be forwarded to Ankara by ox wagons (Turkish: kağnı).

In 1921 December Şerife with her new born baby volunteered to drive a wagon in the convoy.

[1] In 1985 Kastamonu governor decided to erect a monument about Şerife Bacı.

The monument was created by Professor Tankut Öktem (1940–2007) of the Marmara University in 1990.

Atatürk and Şerife Bacı Monument in Kastamonu depicting armed Şerife Bacı (front left) driving an ox cart and standing Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (back middle) flanked by soldiers in the Turkish War of Independence .