On the web I found information, translated a site said: The “Liberation Road Monument” made by sculptor Mehmet Aksoy in the Izmir Selçuk Train Station (Cumhuriyet) Square turns into the silhouette of Atatürk when it meets the sun every year on August 26. Mehmet Aksoy made observations for exactly 3 years to make this statue, which is rarely seen in the world. After his observations, he calculated the projections of the sun. And when the clock showed 12.30, Atatürk came to the world once again with the sun. The reason Aksoy chose August 26 is that it coincides with the date the Great Offensive began. Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy.