2014 event archive The original content and images are preserved. Participation and registration instructions refer to the past event, not an upcoming invitation.
ANITKABİRDEYİZ · A MEMORY WE MADE TOGETHER
How?
The original 2014 participation guide: registration, numbered places, aerial photography and the instructions given to the 6,000 volunteers.
How can you take part?
To volunteer and be part of the photograph that will make history, you must register at the desks opening on Lion Road at 10:30 on 26 August.
Remember: the event will take place with the first 6,000 people who are there and register that day. Advance registration or reservations will not be available.
Once you have registered, your arm will be stamped with the #anıtkabirdeyiz seal and you will be directed towards the entrance gates.
There will be one entrance to the event area. Announcements at the site will tell you when to make your way in. When you join the entrance queue, you will receive a numbered ticket showing the section and position where you must stand. A steward assigned to that section will help you find your place.
Once all participants are in position, you will remain still for approximately 30 minutes and become part of this unique image.
The portrait created by 6,000 people coming together at Anıtkabir will be captured in aerial photographs.
Video documentaries covering the preparations, the events of the shoot day and the final result will also preserve the occasion for posterity.
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More than a photograph
AnıtkabirdeyizThe original record of the 6,000-volunteer Atatürk portrait at Anıtkabir on 26 August 2014: the project, its purpose, participants and photographs.↗
AnıtkabirThe original illustrated account of Anıtkabir: its construction, Peace Park, ten towers, Lion Road, Ceremonial Plaza, reliefs, mausoleum and museum.↗
Why?Why 26 August was chosen: the Great Offensive of 1922 and the purpose of the original Anıtkabirdeyiz event.↗
The teamThe original Anıtkabirdeyiz team: project leadership, production, organisation, design, operations, photographers, camera operators and the octocopter crew.↗Photo archiveThe event, Anıtkabir, portraits of Atatürk and the project’s original visual identity. 35 archive images.↗Source: the original published Anıtkabirdeyiz pages and media archive. The historical account and quotation references have been retained. English quotations are translations of the archived Turkish text. Inclusion here does not grant permission to reuse the images.