In the Mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish Republic of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk “Annitkabir” in Ankara on Friday, an official ceremony dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the death of the great statesman.
The event began at 08:50 with a solemn passage of high -ranking officials led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan along the Aslanla Yol alley (Lion Road), leading to the Ataturian Mausoleum.
The ceremony was attended by the chairman of the Great National Assembly of Turkey (Parliament) of Turkey Numan Kurtulmush, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (RNP) Ozgur, the head of the nationalist movement (PND) Bakhcheli, the leader of the party İyi̇ Morals, the leaders of the highest judicial authorities, commanders of the military of troops, representatives of political parties.
Erdogan laid a wreath of red-white cloves to the grave of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
at 09.05 – the time of the end of the Ataturk – those present honored the memory of the founder of the Turkish Republic with a minute of silence.
The anthem of the Turkish Republic sounded.
Next, the guests headed for the Misak-i Milli tower, where Erdogan left an entry in the book of honored guests:
“Dear ataturk. On the 85th anniversary of leaving, we again respect your memory and memory of your associates. We work with love today, as for 21 years, to turn into an eternally strong and strong Our victorious republic, which proudly left behind the first century and began the second with the concept of “century of Turkey”.
We continue to glorify the Turkish Republic, which is the hope of the oppressed, the house for the homeless and the source of the pride of its citizens in all areas. No power can interfere with the growth of Turkey, the construction of the “Turkish Century” and the achievement of our nation of its centuries -old goals. Let the soul rest with the world. “