Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The Defense Ministry, municipalities and citizens across Türkiye marked Cabotage Day on July 1, celebrating the 98th anniversary of the nation's merchant marine rights and maritime sovereignty.

"We will continue to protect our rights, concerns and interests in the seas and proudly fly our glorious moon-starred red flag!" the ministry said in a written statement.

Ankara will voice its expectations from Prague for the improvement of the Türkiye-European Union relationship during Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky's visit to Ankara on June 24 and 25.

I am very happy to visit Ankara exactly one hundred years since our countries entered diplomatic relations. For me, this is a great opportunity to pay homage to our Presidents and founding fathers, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who oversaw the birth of our friendship treaty and diplomatic relations in 1924.

The Defense Ministry has unveiled six signatures of modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, highlighting their divergence from the widely recognized autograph ubiquitous in various mediums.

The Treasury and Finance Ministry has announced that new coins worth 5 Turkish Liras will soon be put into circulation.

The decision was published in the Official Gazette, detailing the specifications and design elements of the new currency.

In the communiqué, it was stated that the Turkish State Mint and Security Printing under the ministry minted the 5 lira coins.

Czech and Turkish officials have inaugurated a friendship park in Prague 6, a district in the Czech capital, to honor the centenary of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

Situated along a region designated nearly two decades ago as "Ankarska" —inspired by Turkish capital of Ankara — the area was meticulously charted by the local government

Thousands of people have flocked to marches and commemoration ceremonies across the country to honor the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence in 1919 on the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day on May 19.

A recently inaugurated museum honoring motherhood in the capital Ankara showcases a digital sculpture depicting the face of Zübeyde Hanım, the mother of modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, with remarkable realism.

In a moving tribute to modern Türkiye's founder and war hero Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, a new monument was unveiled on the Gallipoli Peninsula, marking the exact spot where a historic photo of Atatürk was taken 109 years ago at the battlefield of the Gallipoli Campaign during the World War I.

The Gallipoli Peninsula along Türkiye's Aegean coast on April 25 witnessed an annual dawn ceremony to pay homage to fallen Anzac soldiers in the land battles during World War I, which resulted in a landmark Turkish victory in 1915.