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The Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Memorial is a memorial to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. It is located on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Plaza in Beersheba, Israel.

Location
The monument is located between the David Tuviyahu Avenue and the Ali Daivis Street. On Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Plaza across from another memorial which is dedicated to the Ottoman Soldiers fell in the Battle of Beer-Sheva (1917).

History
The monument was unveiled in a ceremony in 2008. It was attended by Turkeys, Tel Aviv ambassador Namık Tan and other embassy personnel and military ataches. Also the Beersheba mayor Yaakov Terner and the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many Turkish expats attended the ceremony. The ambassador expressed the importance of the Ottoman Empire in the history of Beersheba and that he was glad that the memorial was finally realized.