This weekend Türkiye is celebrating its National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, the date marking the opening of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the primary Parliament of the Republic of Türkiye, 103 years in the past.
The date, which was proposed by the republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, as a present to youngsters all around the world in 1929, was the day when the competition was celebrated as Children’s Day for the primary time.
In 1979, youngsters from many international locations started coming to Türkiye, including a global dimension to the day. Moreover, Türkiye is the primary and solely nation to dedicate a nationwide day to its youngsters.
To mark the day, yearly skyscrapers and residential buildings throughout Istanbul and the nation are adorned with big Turkish flags, whereas varied types of celebrations, musicals and live shows are held to mark the event.
As a part of the celebrations, the nationwide broadcaster TRT International Children’s Festival will probably be held for the forty fifth time this 12 months. It will assemble tons of of youngsters from 24 international locations with their friends.
According to an announcement by TRT, it’s anticipated that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will attend the occasion themed “Children of the World, One Heart for Türkiye” scheduled for Sunday, April 23 in Istanbul’s Başakşehir National Garden.
Separately, in an occasion already held within the capital Ankara on Wednesday, 12-year-old gifted violinist Atahan Dinç took the stage as a conductor and soloist on the live performance held by the Presidency Symphony Orchestra (CSO) on the event of National Sovereignty and Children’s Day.
Dinç, who showcased his distinctive musical abilities by way of his excellent efficiency and interpretation of “Seasons,” one of the vital celebrated and extensively carried out compositions of the famend Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, was extremely acclaimed by the viewers, Demirören News Agency (DHA) reported.
Similarly, festivities in kindergartens, faculties and native municipalities are held forward of the Children’s Day competition. In the northwestern Kocaeli province, road festivals will probably be held for 3 days between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at designated facilities in 12 districts based on native media experiences.
The municipality is claimed to be planning a twin feast for Kocaeli residents this 12 months, as road festivities will probably be held through the Ramazan Bayram, also referred to as Eid al-Fitr, which is able to begin on Friday, April 21 and can final for 3 days, together with the Children’s Day.
It was additionally famous that youngsters’s playgroups will probably be arrange throughout the districts because the municipality goals to convey collectively youngsters from Kocaeli in addition to youngsters who got here to the town from the earthquake-hit zones to have fun the vacations collectively.
In addition, the nationwide vacation was marked overseas at a “April 23, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day” occasion held on the Turkish Consulate General in Berlin, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Thursday.
Consul General Rıfkı Olgun Yücekök symbolically handed over his seat to Hayal Aşık, Ali Aslan Bulut and Emir Ali Aşık, college students at Zeppelin and Mövensee main faculties in Berlin, respectively, as a part of the occasion.
Yücekök reminded that Atatürk gifted this vacation to youngsters and listened to the April 23 messages from youngsters current on the event. After the occasion, varied presents have been handed out to the younger attendees.
Ahead of Ramazan Bayram and Children’s Day, municipalities equivalent to Bursa Metropolitan, related humanitarian organizations and corporations determined to supply an extra bundle of reduction for youngsters affected by the devastating February earthquakes through bayram presents and actions in container cities.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
