Created by one of Turkey’s foremost sculptors, Mehmet Aksoy, the statue symbolizes the behavior of the world’s stock markets, an aggressive bull poised to attack the surrendering bear.
The demolition is controversial and opponents charge that political appeal to nationalists motivated Erdogan's fulmination.
Mehmet Toner | Mehmet Şimşek | Mehmet Aurélio | Mehmet Ali Talat | Mehmet Ali Aydınlar | Taşkın Aksoy | Mehmet Topuz | Mehmet Shehu | Mehmet Scholl | Mehmet Polat (satirist) | Mehmet Polat | Mehmet Oz | Mehmet II of Karaman | Mehmet Hakkı Suçin | Mehmet Hacıoğlu | Mehmet Eymür | Mehmet Esat Bülkat | Mehmet Eroğlu | Mehmet Ergen | Mehmet Emin Toprak | Mehmet Culum | Mehmet Baransu | Mehmet Arif Şenerim | Mehmet Arif Bey | Mehmet Ali Birand | Mehmet Ali Ağca | Mehmet Ali | Mehmet Aksoy |