İsmet İnönü Statue Claimed

The statue, which is one of the most important things to see in Erzincan, gave its name to the square. One of the most painful earthquakes in the history of the Republic occurred in Erzincan on December 27, 1939. It was built as an expression of gratitude to İnönü, who showed great interest in the reconstruction of the city. The monument was ordered and built by Ratip Aşir Acudoğlu in 1944. This statue became the symbol of the Erzincan earthquake. In front of the pedestal, there are 3 statues the natural size of the human body. A woman in the middle gives the key to the newly founded city to the man from Erzincan on her right. The man on the left gives a wreath to the worker who founded the new city.

The monument consists of two pedestals. Erzincan. A city destroyed by earthquakes and rebuilt. There are no multi-storey buildings in the city. The construction of 3-4 storey buildings is allowed. The earthquake in Erzincan on December 27, 1939, which caused the death of 32,372 people and the destruction of the entire city, is a woman and a child hugging the “National Chief” of that period, İsmet İnönü, and the figures below, which depict the reconstruction of the city, are a woman and two men ( The woman represents the motherland, one of the men represents the worker working in the reconstruction of the city, and the other man represents the people of Erzincan) and the great earthquake of 1939. The statue, made by sculptor Ratip Aşir Acudoğlu, was opened in 1944 as the symbol of the Erzincan earthquake.