The Mother of War

The Mother of War

This is one of several figures depicted on this “Respect for our History Memorial” in Eceabat Turkey. Inscribed on the memorial is the following: “This memorial was designed as an art piece that will be left to the generations to come as a symbol of peace during the aftermath of a war that was experienced by a nation whose history is full of moments of pride for all humankind and which did not hesitate to sacrifice lives in order to avoid sacrificing ‘its freedom.’ Even if the monument is presented as a complete piece it has several difference messages hidden in it.”

I found the figure of the mother of war to be very powerful. The inscription for this figure was as follows: “The child-bearer for all the wars, the mother – also mentioned in Ataturk’s writings-. In this composition a Turkish mother was placed to symbolise all mothers. This figure symbolises a strong mother that takes her pain with fortitude but sad, also in grief but heroic. This memorial also symbolises the wish of all people that “Peace in the World, Peace at Home” actualises as Ataturk put it so that all these seen pains and sufferings will not be experienced once more. This is not a memorial of hostility, but a memorial of friendship and the lesson should be learned from it as it has so much to teach us. A lesson should be learned from it.”

It was difficult to photograph the figure of the mother separately from the rest of the memorial, which is as it should be, as it is an integrated work. The feet in the background behind the mother belong to the figure of an Australian soldier being carried by a Turkish soldier.

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