Turkey to celebrate 95th anniversary of 'Victory Day'

Turkey will celebrate the 95th anniversary of "Victory Day" on Aug. 30, which marks the Turkish victory against Greek forces at the Battle of Dumlupınar, the final battle of the War of Independence in 1922.

The celebrations will begin with an official ceremony at Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, with the attendance of political leaders, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and military commanders.

Following his attendance of the ceremony at Anıtkabir, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will host a reception later in the evening at the presidential complex in Ankara to mark the day.

The guests will be from different segments of society, including families of martyrs, NGO representatives, politicians and officers from all ranks, artists, journalists, chiefs of foreign missions, journalists and military attaches, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The attendees will include the family of Eren Bülbül, a 15-year-old who was killed on Aug. 11 in a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fire in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, the family of Muhammet Fatih Safitürk, the district governor of the southeastern province of Mardin's Derik district killed in a PKK bomb attack last year and the family of the 22-year-old teacher Şenay Aybüke Yalçın, killed in a PKK car bomb attack in June in the southeastern province of Batman, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

In the past, the highest official level reception to mark Victory Day was hosted at the General Staff Headquarters instead of the presidential Çankaya Palace.

In an amendment to the regulation governing national and official feasts, ceremonies and celebrations passed in May 2012, transferred the responsibility of...

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