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Ataturk's statue placed in Wakayama town
Friday 21st May, 2010
WAKAYAMA -
A bronze statue of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was placed
Thursday in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Kushimoto, which has maintained
relations with the country since a Turkish warship sank near the Pacific
coast town in western Japan in 1890.
The 4.2-meter-high, 4-ton statue of Ataturk on a horse was installed at a
plaza near a lighthouse overlooking the wreck site of the Ertugrul, whose
surviving crew members received hospitality from local residents. The statue
was initially given to the Kashiwazaki Turkish Cultural Village in Niigata
Prefecture by the Turkish Embassy in 1996. But it was returned to the
embassy after the park was closed after less than 10 years of operation.
© 2010 Kyodo News
From: A. Papazian
Friday 21st May, 2010
WAKAYAMA -
A bronze statue of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was placed
Thursday in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Kushimoto, which has maintained
relations with the country since a Turkish warship sank near the Pacific
coast town in western Japan in 1890.
The 4.2-meter-high, 4-ton statue of Ataturk on a horse was installed at a
plaza near a lighthouse overlooking the wreck site of the Ertugrul, whose
surviving crew members received hospitality from local residents. The statue
was initially given to the Kashiwazaki Turkish Cultural Village in Niigata
Prefecture by the Turkish Embassy in 1996. But it was returned to the
embassy after the park was closed after less than 10 years of operation.
© 2010 Kyodo News
From: A. Papazian