Mehmet Aksoy (sculptor)

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Mehmet Aksoy
Aksoy during an event in Bilkent University, March 2012.
Born	(1939-05-15) May 15, 1939 (age 85) Kessab, Syria
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Hochschule der Künste in Berlin
Known for	Sculpture
Notable work	Memorial to the Deserter, Potsdam, Germany Statue of Humanity, Kars, Turkey

Mehmet Aksoy (born 15 May 1939^[1]) is a Turkish sculptor. His sculptures often contain sensual figurative elements, but he is strongly rooted in a modernist sensibility with strong conceptual and abstract elements in his work. He works primarily in stone but also incorporates other material, fusing metal or differing stones in a single sculpture. He presently resides and works in a studio of his own dramatic design on the outskirts of Istanbul.^{[citation needed]}