Türkiye celebrates 103rd National Sovereignty and Children's Day

The nationwide vacation marks the anniversary of the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s institution and is devoted to youngsters because the nation’s future.

Festive crowds gather annually at Türkiye's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's mausoleum, Anitkabir, to observe the holiday. — Festive crowds collect yearly at Türkiye’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s mausoleum, Anitkabir, to look at the vacation.
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Each yr on April 23, Türkiye celebrates its National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, which marks the anniversary of the inspiration of the nation’s parliament in 1920.

National Education Minister Mahmut Ozer kicked off the day by accompanying a gaggle of youngsters on a go to to the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of the Turkish Republic, within the capital Ankara on Sunday.

The Turkish nation has full “faith and confidence… in our children, to whom we will entrust our holy homeland,” he stated, talking at Anitkabir.

Ozer additionally praised Ataturk and the Turkish parliamentarians who led the nation’s War of Independence.

The Turkish Grand National Assembly met for the primary time in Ankara in 1920 in the course of the War of Independence to put the foundations for an unbiased, secular and fashionable republic.

National Sovereignty and Children’s Day is also celebrated with special events at public offices, schools and in the private sector. — National Sovereignty and Children’s Day can also be celebrated with particular occasions at public places of work, faculties and within the non-public sector.
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The Grand National Assembly held its particular youngsters’s session, throughout which dozens of youngsters took parliamentarians’ seats.

This yr, a lot of the collaborating youngsters had been from Türkiye’s quake-hit areas in reminiscence of the devastating February 6 earthquakes that jolted the nation’s south.

Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop handed over his seat to Medine Karakışla, a 5th grade student from quake-hit Hatay. — Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop handed over his seat to Medine Karakışla, a fifth grade scholar from quake-hit Hatay.
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The National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Türkiye is marked by a competition for youngsters to commemorate the nation’s founding father Ataturk’s dedication of the day to youngsters – the way forward for the nation.

The day can also be celebrated with particular occasions at public places of work, faculties, and within the non-public sector.

TRT held its 45th Children's Festival, attended by children from Türkiye and around the world who recited poems and performed dances in their traditional clothes. The event was dedicated to quake-affected children. — TRT held its forty fifth Children’s Festival, attended by youngsters from Türkiye and around the globe who recited poems and carried out dances of their conventional garments. The occasion was devoted to quake-affected youngsters.
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Vice President Fuat Oktay and different authorities officers additionally visited Ataturk’s mausoleum.

“I sincerely congratulate the 103rd anniversary of the establishment of our Turkish Grand National Assembly and the April 23 National Sovereignty and Children’s Day of our children,” he said in a tweet.

Oktay emphasised that children “are the guarantee of our future,” and commemorated “with gratitude all the heroes of our national struggle, especially Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.”