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Continuing the never-ending stream of “World’s largest…” we
present The World’s Largest Portrait, which adorns
the hills of
Erzincan in Turkey.

The massive http://www.google.com/search?q=7.5 square km in square miles
7.5 square km painting is of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk Mustafa
Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey until his death in
1938. Despite his passing some time ago, Atatürk’s face is still a
very popular image and is featured on banknotes, public buildings,
schools, and (in this case) mountains.

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The image was painted in 1982 by the order of the then-ruling
military junta and it took 3000 soldiers just under a month to
finish their handiwork.

Over the years the Turkish army have continued to write on the
country’s hills, more recently writing one of Ataturk’s favourite
sayings: “
Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene!“.

With the second largest standing armed force in NATO (after the
much larger USA), perhaps the soldiers have spare time on their
hands?

Previously:
Portraits Paintings in Google Earth.

Thanks to http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/913629 ssaatci
and http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile26626/The-biggest-portrait-in-the-world.htm
baharbahar

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