What is Seyrani Monument?
{{Infobox monument|name=Seyrani Monument|native_name=Âşik Seyrânî Anıtı|image=|image_size=|caption=|location=Aşık Seyrani Square, Develi, [[Kayseri]], Turkey|designer=[[Gürdal Duyar]]|type=[[Sculpture]]|material=|length=|width=|height={{convert|2.4|m|ft}}|begin=14 February 1976|complete=4 April 1976|open=30 April 1976|restore=|dismantled=|dedicated_to=[[Seyrani]]|map_text=|map_width=|coordinates={{coord|38|23|19.6|N|35|29|36.2|E|display=inline,title}}|website={{url|http://www.develi.gov.tr/seyrani}}|extra=55,000 [[Turkish Lira|Lira]]}} The '''Seyrani Monument''' is a [[sculpture]] of Turkish folk poet Seyrani (1800–1866) in Develi, a town in [[Kayseri]] Province of [[Turkey]]. Seyrani is from Develi. The mayor of Develi asked the sculptor Gürdal Duyar to make it. The sculpture was finished in 1976. Then the [[monument]] became a symbol of Develi. In [[Turkish language|Turkish]] the monument is called: {{Lang|tr|Aşık Seyrani anıtı}}.{{Sfn|Cebeci|2021}} A translation of this is [[Ashik]] Seyrani monument. The monument is a sculpture of Âşık Seyrani (1800–1866), a Turkish folk poet.{{Sfn|Yiğit}} In the sculpture he is holding a Bağlama, which is a [[String instrument|stringed instrument]].{{Sfn|Kalkan|2021}} The sculpture is {{Convert|2.40|m|ft}} high. The sculpture weighs {{Convert|3000|kg|lb}}.{{Sfn|Aydoğdu|2011}} == History == When Haşim Nezihi was the [[principal]] of the middle school he received a letter from students asking for a sculpture of Seyrani to be made and put in the town. In the letter it also said that a sum of money was collected to make the sculpture.{{Sfn|Aydoğdu|2011}} The organisation: ''Develi Seyranî Public Library and Monument Building Development Association'' was created in the 1970s. The organisation had a goal make a monument of Seyrani in the middle of Develi. The organisation was symbolic, they did not even start to make the monument. No one did anything to make the monument until 1976. On February 14 of 1976, the leaders of Develi talked with the sculptor Gürdal Duyar and they mad