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  29 OCTOBER-REPUBLIC DAY :

Hello I am Hazal and I want to introduce our national holidays. We have four national

holidays: Republic Day, Victory Day, National Sovereignty and Children’s Day and

Youth and Sports Day. Children celebrate these days in their schools or in a big stadium.

They prepare different shows, dance, read poems and sing and march. Also students decoratetheir classes with balloons, flags and some colourful materials. These days mean a lot to

Turkish people.

Many people in Turkey celebrate Republic Day on October 29 by attending performances and

 participating in traditional processions with flags and musical bands. The Turkish Republic’s

founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk proclaimed Republic Day as Turkey’s most important day.

Many people go to local stadiums on October 29 to watch performances dedicated to

Republic Day in Turkey. Such performances usually consist of theater sketches, poetry

readings and traditional Turkish dances. Many school children participate in school

 performances for parents and teachers. Parades may take place in some cities and politiciansmay give public speeches on this day. Many people also lay wreaths to Atatürk’s monuments

or visit Atatürk’s mausoleum in the country’s capital, Ankara.

 

23 APRIL NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND CHILDREN'S DAY

This national day (23 April National Sovereignty and Children's Day) in Turkey is a

unique event. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, dedicated April

23 to the children of the country to emphasize that they are the future of the new nation. It

was on April 23, 1920, during the War of Independence, that the Grand National Assembly

met in Ankara and laid down the foundations of a new, independent, secular, and modernrepublic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Following the defeat of the Allied invasion

forces on September 9, 1922 and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, 1923,

Ataturk started his task of establishing the institutions of the new state. Over the next eight

years, Ataturk and his followers adopted sweeping reforms to create a modern Turkey,

divorced from her Ottoman past. In unprecedented moves, he dedicated the sovereignty day

to the children and entrusted in the hands of the youth the protection of this sovereignty and 

independence.

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MAY 19 COMMEMORATION OF ATATURK, YOUTH AND SPORTS:

The Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, or simply Atatürk 

Commemoration (Atatürk’ü Anma) or Youth and Sports Day (Gençlik ve Spor Bayramıi), is

an annual Turkish national holiday celebrated on May 19 to memorialize the start of the

Turkish War of Independence. May 19, 1919 is the day Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, then MustafaKemal, who would become independent Turkey’s first president, landed on the main

 peninsula of Turkey to begin leadership of the liberation effort. He dedicated that day to the

youth. In early 1920, Kemal convened the first Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara,

and by 1922 all of Anatolia was freed from foreign rule. The independent Republic of Turkey

was declared a year later. During the course of his term as president, Atatürk himself 

 proclaimed May 19 as "Youth and Sports Day." In the aftermath of Atatürk monumental

legacy the day serves to honor the country’s founder.

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VICTORY DAY:

Military

 parades and

ceremonies at monuments to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Turkish Republic, are

some common ways to celebrate Victory Day in Turkey. Turkish flags often adorn shops,

 public offices and people's houses on this day.Many people in Turkey celebrate Victory Day by attending military parades, which take

 place in many big cities throughout the country. Air forces celebrate the day with

demonstration flights. The jets involved in such flights usually leave a red-and-white trail,

symbolizing the Turkish flag.

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Hazal Bektas ( 7th Class )