Türkiye celebrates Mother’s Day, coinciding with the extremely anticipated presidential and parliamentary elections, on Sunday.
Various organizations and municipalities have organized actions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings to honor moms and motherhood.
Prominent figures similar to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Parliamentary speaker Mustafa Şentop and First Lady Emine Erdoğan have prolonged their messages on this event, emphasizing the importance of moms in society.
President Erdoğan on Twitter mentioned: “I congratulate the Mother’s Day of all our mothers who are the epitome of unrequited love, compassion and mercy, especially the mothers of martyrs. I wish God’s mercy on all our mothers who passed away.”
Meanwhile, Emine Erdoğan in her social media publish additionally famous moms are a lantern shedding mild on hearts, those who shield with their prayers, enlighten with their conscience, and whose compassion is sufficient for the world.
Commemorating her mom, the moms of martyrs, and all moms who yearn for youngsters, Erdoğan mentioned: “I wish patience to all the children whose hearts ache when they say “mother.” I want the Mothers of Diyarbakır to be the final Mother’s Day they spend other than their youngsters, and I supply my most heartfelt gratitude to the earth angels who select to be a foster household and maintain a baby’s hand. With the hope of a world the place each baby is fulfilled with moms’ love, completely satisfied Mother’s Day.”
A selected exercise forward of Mother’s Day, which comes throughout “World’s Disabled Week,” noticed between May 10-16, was held in northwestern Düzce province for the moms of disabled youngsters and kids with autism.
Members of the Women’s Labor Center (DÜKEM) gathered in entrance of their affiliation constructing on Friday to commemorate the event of Mother’s Day by releasing blue balloons into the air.
This gesture had a particular which means. It highlighted the significance of moms with youngsters with disabilities. Nermin Alayıldız, the board chairperson of DÜKEM, chatting with Anadolu Agency (AA), emphasised that motherhood is a profoundly sacred expertise for ladies.
In commemoration of Mother’s Day, a number of municipalities in Türkiye, such because the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality and Tatvan Municipality in Bitlis province, organized particular actions.
Mersin Metropolitan Municipality hosted a ceramic decorations workshop on the ‘Event and Art Center,’ held for the primary time, offering a artistic outlet for contributors to precise their creative skills.
On the opposite hand, Tatvan Municipality celebrated the event by distributing coronations to girls, symbolizing their significance and honoring their roles as moms.
This yr’s Mother’s Day in Türkiye, just like final month’s Eid, is commemorated within the somber ambiance within the nation’s earthquake zone struck by early February’s catastrophe that leveled cities and left not less than 50,000 lifeless.
Sorrowful mom Sevim Kılınç, who misplaced her 24-year-old daughter Durdu Deniz Kılınç Öksüz and a 5-year-old grandson to the earthquake, visited her daughter’s grave in southern Adana province, Ihlas News Agency (IHA) reported Sunday.
“She was only 24 years old, and none of her dreams came true. She didn’t come to me, I came to her today,” Kılınç lamented.
In many international locations, Mother’s Day is well known on the second Sunday of May yearly.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
