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Güzel İstanbul, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul is torn down in the middle of the night.

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Güzel İstanbul

Sculpture by Gürdal Duyar

Güzel İstanbul is a concrete public sculpture of a nude female figure by Gürdal Duyar that is located in Yıldız Park in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Gürdal Duyar

Turkish sculptor (1935–2004)

Gürdal Duyar was a Turkish sculptor who is known for his monuments to Atatürk and his busts of famous people. His art is characterized as having a modern expressionist style that is balanced with abstraction. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern figurative sculpture in…
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March 18

Day of the year

March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 288 days remain until the end of the year.
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