Metin Yurdanur

Metin Yurdanur (born 1951) is a sculptor based in Turkey, who was awarded the title State Artist of Turkey.

Early years Yurdanur was born in 1951 in Sivrihisar town of Eskişehir Province in Turkey. He spent his childhood until high school in his hometown. He was impressed by antique works of art, especially by the three-millennium old Phrygian reliefs, that inspired him for plastic arts.

After finishing the high school, he enrolled as a boarding student in the Department of Arts at Gazi Institute for Education in Ankara, what is today the Faculty of Vocational Education at Gazi University. He was educated in arts and graduated in 1972 as a high school teacher for arts.

Sculptor career Statue of Nasreddin Hoca Riding Hittite Lion Backwards by Metin Yurdanur in Ankara. In 1981, he left his teaching position and opened his own workshop. His first work was the sculpture of "Nasreddin Hoca shows the Center of the World" in his hometown.

Metin Yurdakul was awarded the title State Artist of Turkey in 1998.

Works in Turkey Miras (The Heritage), Ankara (1979) Eller (The Hands), Abdi İpekçi Park, Ankara (1979) Aşık Paşa, Kırşehir (1990) Madenci (The Miner), Olgunlar Street, Ankara (1991) Miners series, (2008) Relief of Capital Ankara and Our Turkey, Ministry of Culture, Ankara (2009) Monument of Republic, Gençlik Parkı, Ankara (2009)

Abroad Al Gardabia, Sirte, Libya (1989) Sun's Course, Bonn, Germany (1989) Suleiman the Magnificent (1994) and Nikola Šubić Zrinski (1997), Hungarian-Turkish Friendship Park, Szigetvár, Hungary Gül Baba, Budapest, Hungary (1996) Equestrian Atatürk, Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan (1996) - moved in 2010 to Kushimoto, Wakayama Atatürk, Havana, Cuba (2008)