Türkiye marked the Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day on Friday with somber and cheerful occasions held throughout the nation to pay tribute to Turkish republic founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and to rejoice the youth, the hope of the nation.
May 19, 1919, was the day Mustafa Kemal, later to develop into Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, arrived within the Black Sea metropolis of Samsun from Istanbul to prepare the struggle that noticed the remnants of the Ottoman Empire reworked into fashionable Türkiye 4 years later.
In 1938, Ataturk devoted May 19 to the youth of the Turkish nation as Youth and Sports Day. The day provides a chance to the nation’s youth to showcase their abilities in sports activities, arts and different actions in daylong occasions, which have advanced into weeklong actions previously a long time.
The first commemorative occasion passed off in Samsun, on the Atatürk Monument, well-known for the arrival of Atatürk on the port of the province and hoisting the Turkish flag.
“Today, we are once again proud to celebrate the 104th anniversary of the great leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades-in-arms, who landed in Samsun and started the national struggle. May 19 is the day when our nation got independent status, a free nation,” Samsun Governor Zülkif Dağlı mentioned throughout a ceremony to mark the day.
In the capital Ankara, Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu accompanied a gaggle of the youth on a go to to Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Atatürk, the place they laid wreaths in his reminiscence. The delegation included younger representatives from 81 provinces and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).
As a part of the celebrations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prolonged his sincerest sentiment on the Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day.
“The date of May 19, 1919, gifted to the Turkish youth by Gazi Mustafa Kemal, is the symbol of our ancestors’ revival of the spirit of resistance with great faith and belief, even in the face of impossibilities,” Erdogan mentioned.
“May 19 is the day when the Turkish Nation began to write one of the greatest heroic epics that history has ever seen, shouting that they will not bow to oppression in unity and solidarity against imperialist forces.”
“We trust our youth the most when designing and implementing our country’s democracy and development breakthroughs,” he mentioned.
As Türkiye develops, and grows, “it will give more support to youth so that they can realize their dreams,” Erdogan pressured.
Celebrations
Turkish flags have been held on the new air balloons to mark the Commemoration of Atatürk in Soğanlı Valley, which is described because the “gateway to Cappadocia” and one of many essential vacationer locations of Kayseri.
In the southern province of Mersin, a choreography ready by lecturers and college students at a highschool provided a festive deal with to onlookers. Around 500 college students and 50 lecturers created the crescent and star symbols on the Turkish flag with their choreography.
Heart-warming ceremonies have been additionally organized in Istanbul’s Maltepe, Üsküdar, Kadıköy and Beşiktaş districts, which have been attended by many.
A collection of live shows have been additionally carried out in Istanbul’s Maltepe district, whereas many well-attended ceremonies passed off within the capital Ankara.
In an occasion organized in cooperation with the Turkish Down Syndrome Association, at Istanbul Airport, staff with Down syndrome have been served meals and loved good dialog.
In addition, Cello artist Melike Oylum and a choir for the disabled from a personal rehabilitation middle carried out at Istanbul Airport and gave a mini live performance to the passengers. Meanwhile, merchandise made for people with particular wants have been donated.
Young individuals celebrated the day by visiting Anitkabir, Ataturk’s mausoleum, and in addition by organizing sports activities and cultural actions.
History
Atatürk, then merely referred to as Mustafa Kemal Pasha, was an Ottoman officer when he arrived on the Black Sea port from Istanbul, which was below the occupation of British forces, aboard a small ship. Few individuals have been conscious of his true intention when he set out on his journey below the guise of the aim of “inspecting troops” in Anatolia.
After months of preparations in Istanbul, the place he arrived in 1918 after years spent on World War I fronts, and secret conferences, Mustafa Kemal, who in the end aimed to finish the post-war occupation of Turkey, discovered a chance to mobilize the general public after talks with the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI Vahdettin. His major mission licensed by the sultan was to make sure regulation and order and examine troops amid obvious unrest between the native Greek and Turkish communities in Samsun.
Under fixed surveillance of the British, Mustafa Kemal stayed in Samsun for six days, earlier than visiting the Havza district, well-known for its springs. He had faked an sickness and a go to to the springs to treatment himself didn’t draw the eye of the occupying forces; nevertheless, in actuality, he was organizing secret conferences within the district. Havza was the primary place the place he based a society to prepare resistance towards the occupation. The Declaration of Havza was agreed upon throughout his conferences with like-minded members of the resistance, which is now acknowledged as the primary concrete transfer to pave the way in which for a future struggle of independence. He despatched telegrams to troops and locals throughout the nation to boost consciousness towards the occupation and manage rallies. His calls discovered a response and shortly, a number of high Ottoman generals and troops joined Mustafa Kemal’s trigger, as he began a tour of the nation, convening congresses, earlier than settling in Ankara, the long run capital of the Republic of Turkey.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
