On the Path to Revolution
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| On the Path to Revolution | |
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| Turkish: İnkılâp Yolunda | |
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| Artist | Zeki Faik İzer |
| Year | 1933 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 176 cm × 237 cm (69.2 in × 93.3 in) |
| Location | Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture |
On the Path to Revolution (Turkish: İnkılâp Yolunda) is a painting by the Turkish artist Zeki Faik İzer depicting the Turkish Revolution on the tenth year of the Republic, in an inspiration by Eugéne Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People.
An unnamed Turkish woman, a reference to Marianne, leads the Turkish flag, stepping on a marble that has the year 1923 carved. Next to her, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in his civilian dress points forward. A child carries a book titled "Turkish Language and History", also treading on a firman written in Arabic script inherited from the Ottoman Empire. On the contrary to the Ottoman dress, the man and the woman on the left are in western wear, symbolizing the Hat Revolution. The Turkish soldier behind the woman fights people who are supposed to be radical Islamists and bigots that Kemalism considers to be enemies of the regime.[1][2]