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1-31 October, 2025
Wiki Loves Monuments is a fun, global photo contest on Wikimedia Commons that helps share images of historic sites with the world—especially on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
We invite you to join in by uploading your photos of historical monuments in Türkiye between 1–31 October 2025. It’s a great way to help people learn more about these amazing places—and you might even win a prize!
Before uploading, just remember to find the monument ID from the monuments list and include it along with the name of the monument, a short description, and the date you took the photo and then login to your Wikimedia account. Feel free to submit many images and let the jury evaluate!
The list of monuments in Türkiye includes over 26,000 sites—from ancient tumuli, tombs, and fountains to mosques, castles, hans, and caravanserais dating back to the Roman, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods. This comprehensive list was provided by kulturenvanteri.com—an online community that has been researching and compiling an inventory of cultural heritage assets across Anatolia, the Balkans, and surrounding regions since 2019 to create a trusted source for up-to-date and reliable information on these monuments.
Join
Check the Monuments List and upload photoIf you dont have an account:
The Jury and Prize
A national jury will select up to 10 photographs to represent Türkiye in the international finale of Wiki Loves Monuments. These images will compete for the international awards. The photographers of the 10 images selected for the international finale will share the honor of representing Türkiye on the global stage. Please find more information about the international competition is available on wikilovesmonuments.org.
Although up to 10 photos will be sent to the international finale, In this contest, every participant is a winner—because every photo uploaded helps Wikipedia share knowledge about Türkiye’s cultural heritage with the world. In addition, national prizes will be awarded to the best photographs of monuments in Türkiye.
Rules
There are a few rules to participate in the contest. Let's quickly go through them. Every submission should be:
- Personally taken and uploaded;
- Uploaded during October 2025;
- During the upload process, permission must be given to re-use the image under a free license;
- Containing a listed monument, which you have identified using the monument identifier;
Next to that, there are a few practical rules:
- You should have an activated e-mail address on Wikimedia Commons;
- If the photo gets deleted for any reason, it is automatically disqualified from the competition;
- You are responsible for following the law while taking and uploading the photo.
In October, you may upload as many pictures (old or new) as you want of monuments that you have visited. At the end of the month, the national jury will evaluate the photographs and select the best 10 pictures of the monuments in Türkiye to submit to represent in the international finale. The international jury will then announce the international winners in ????.
Organizer
The National Jury
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The National Prizes
- First prize: TBA
- Second till 5th prize: TBA
- From 6-10th prize: TBA
Judging Criteria
- Technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.);
- Originality;
- Usefulness of the image for Wikipedia.
Images that reach a top ranking of the international finale, will typically at least fulfill the technical criteria of the "Featured Image" process at Wikimedia Commons.
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