Five giant swords make up the tower on the ring road in the centre of Iğdır, and beneath them is an enclosed museum hall. The monument stands 43.5 metres tall; the provincial governorate counts it among the tallest monuments in Türkiye and calls it the most important symbol of the city.
It opened in 1999. In the words of the governorate, it was built as a mark of respect to those subjected to the Armenian atrocities in the region between 1915 and 1920. The provincial culture directorate's account names Iğdır and its villages as among the places worst affected, states that more than eighty thousand of the town's people were killed and that those who survived had to leave their homes, and says the monument followed from that as a natural demand.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Iğdır as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -3.2 °C in January to 26 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (48 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
