Turkey celebrates Youth and Sports Day, commemorates Atatürk

Turkey today is celebrating the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth, and Sports Day, which marks the beginning of the country's War of Independence and the emergence of modern Turkey.
May 19 is a milestone in Turkish history as it is the day when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk arrived in the Black Sea province of Samsun from Istanbul to organize the war that saw the remnants of the Ottoman Empire transformed into modern Turkey four years later.
Atatürk dedicated May 19 to the youth of the Turkish nation as Youth and Sports Day, a national holiday that sees young people stage sporting and cultural activities and official ceremonies organized across the nation.

Turkish president marked the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day by remembering Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and "heroes of War of Independence".

"I congratulate May 19 Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day of our youth and cherished nation, and I respectfully commemorate with respect all the heroes, first and foremost Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, of our War of
Independence," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Twitter.

Erdoğan, along with the tweet, also shared a photograph of Atatürk and citizens with the Turkish flag in the background.

Traditional celebrations this year are replaced with those conducted from home under a four-day curfew in some cities due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The Youth and Sports Ministry plans to bring the joy and celebrations to houses with live television broadcasts this year.
National athletes gathering in the facilities of the ministry all over the country will sing the Turkish National Anthem at 19:19 on the 101st anniversary of May 19.
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