Public Art, Hegemony and Counter-publics: Monuments and Sculptures along the Atatürk Boulevard in Ankara, 1920s-1990s

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2025-4-7

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Kazaz, Işıl

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This study analyzes monuments and sculptures in public space of the capital city of Ankara. The focus is on the artworks produced from the early 20th century when the Republic was established, until the late 20th century before the radical transformation in governance in the early 2000s. Besides the chronological frame, the spatial frame of analysis focuses on the artworks situated along Atatürk Boulevard, the central axis of the city, formed and functioned according to the planning of the new capital through the 20th century. The conceptual framework of analysis is shaped around the concepts of public sphere and public space, evaluated in the context of socio-political-economic developments of nation-building and modernization, whereby central and local governments as well as civil initiatives played roles. Accordingly, the primary objective of this study is to understand the relationship between these public artworks and socio-political-economic hegemony and counter-publics, addressing how, why, and by whom these works were produced in changing contexts.

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public space, public sphere, Atatürk Boulevard, public art, counter-public, hegemony

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/114119

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis