National Ascension Monument

The National Ascension Monument (Turkish: Ulusal Yükseliş Anıtı) is an Atatürk monument by Hüseyin Gezer created in 1964 and located in Antalya, Turkey.

The monument represents, with a sudden rising base and figures right on the edge, the unity, and leadership of Atatürk leading Turkey through a series of victories leading up to the foundation of the Turkish Republic.

Ataturk at the top flanked by a boy and a girl representing the youth of the nation and the trust that they have received.

Eventually the Republic Square (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Meydanı) was chosen.

After the location was chosen the architect Tarık Akıltopu started to work on the foundation/base of the monument.