The Monument of Neutrality, or Bitaraplyk binasy, is an arch-shaped monument and observation tower in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. President Saparmurat Niyazov ordered its construction, and the Turkish firm Polimeks built it in 1998 for about 12 million dollars. The article does not name a designer. It stood in central Ashgabat at first and now stands in the southern suburbs.
The structure is a three-legged arch with inclined elevators in the legs and a panoramic viewing platform. The infobox lists a height of 312 feet (95 meters), but the text says 246 feet (75 meters), and the article does not explain the difference.
A 39-foot (12-meter) illuminated, gold-plated statue of Niyazov topped it and originally rotated to face the sun. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ordered the move in January 2010, and Polimeks dismantled and moved it that year. The statue came down in August 2010 and was reinstalled later, though it no longer rotates.
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