Object description

Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum or Memorial and Museum of Martyred Turks Massacred by Armenians is a memorial-museum complex to commemorate massacres of Turks by Armenians during World War I and the Turkish–Armenian War. The construction for the memorial started on 1 August 1997 and it was dedicated on 5 October 1999 in Iğdır, Turkey. Its height is 43.5 metres, making it the tallest monument in Turkey.