Türkiye marked its National Sovereignty and Children’s Day and the 103rd anniversary of the muse of the nation’s Parliament on Sunday.
National Education Minister Mahmut Özer kicked off the day by accompanying a bunch of kids on a go to to the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Turkish republic, within the capital Ankara.
The Turkish nation has full “religion and confidence … in our youngsters, to whom we are going to entrust our holy homeland,” Özer stated in his message.
He additionally praised Atatürk and the Turkish parliamentarians who led the nation’s War of Independence.
The National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Türkiye are marked by a pageant for kids, in addition to particular occasions at public workplaces, colleges and within the non-public sector.
As a part of the celebration Özer, who had gathered a bunch of kids in his workplace, symbolically handed his seat to 11-year-old Kaan Can, including that “This country will continue to live forever, with its talented, self-confident, analytical thinking children (as you are), adorning the values of this land.”
An official delegation within the capital additionally attended the ceremony held in Ataturk’s mausoleum, Anitkabir. Attendees included Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop, Vice President Fuat Oktay, Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Bilgin, chief of Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, members of the Parliamentary Presidency, representatives of political events and deputies.
Celebrating the 103rd anniversary of Parliament’s institution and Children’s Day, many officers additionally shared associated messages on their social accounts.
“I sincerely congratulate the 103rd anniversary of the establishment of our Turkish Grand National Assembly and National Sovereignty and Children’s Day of our children, who are the guarantee of our future, and I commemorate with gratitude all the heroes of our national struggle, especially Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,” Oktay stated in a tweet.
First girl Emine Erdogan additionally issued a press release on Twitter.
“The hope of Türkiye, who will proudly fly our noble flag for centuries, is our children. I wish the excitement in their eyes and the determination to succeed in their hearts never diminishes, and I embrace each of them with love,” she stated.
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day celebrations, though held in all provinces, from central Konya, Aksaray, Karaman and Afyonkarahisar to Istanbul, the capital Ankara, western Izmir, and Muğla, are overshadowed this yr by the countrywide mourning for the hundreds misplaced within the devastating earthquakes within the southeast in February.
Children’s actions
Yet, via the actions organized, smiles had been dropped at the faces of kids throughout the nation, together with quake-torn Karamanmaraş and Hatay.
A gaggle of kids in Hatay’s Iskenderun district celebrated their day within the backyard of Atatürk Primary School sporting pink shirts, waving flags and singing the nationwide anthem, Demirören News Agency (DHA) reported.
Children’s membership members of Istanbul Airport Operator IGA and college students of Istanbul Airport Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School adorned 35 bicycles and introduced them to earthquake victims, in response to Anadolu Agency (AA) studies Sunday.
As a part of the venture known as “Happy Pedals,” the bicycles had been ready for the kids of earthquake-affected households hosted by IGA at Akpınar Campus in Arnavutköy.
In a number of types of celebrations, kids dance, sing, and recite poems whereas dressed sometimes in pink. According to DHA, one significantly emotional celebration occurred within the northern province of Ordu, with fathers and grandpas becoming a member of the dancing with the children.
One of the attendees on the celebration within the sports activities heart, Burak Ulusal famous he was dancing for the primary time along with his daughter.
“I was very excited, I went back to my childhood,” he stated, including that though they’d practiced the efficiency at house, it was completely different to bop there. “Happy April 23 to all the children,” Ulusal added.
The Turkish Grand National Assembly met for the primary time in Ankara in 1920 through the War of Independence to put the foundations for an unbiased, secular and fashionable republic.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
