Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The Defense Ministry has announced that Savarona, modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's iconic yacht, will be put into the service of the Naval Academy students following the completion of its repair and maintenance works aimed at preserving the original texture.

The recent practice of people who bear a physical resemblance to modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk attending national holidays and commemorative events and collecting money has caused outrage in society, with some legal experts expressing dissatisfaction with the current law aimed at protecting the memory of the leader.

Turkish Cyprus is marking the 40th anniversary of its foundation on Nov. 15 with various ceremonies and events across the country, as delegations from Türkiye and Azerbaijan also participate in the celebrations on the island.

The recently elected leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has outlined his foreign policy agenda, with plans to make his first official visits to Turkish Cyprus and Azerbaijan.

A researcher has shared colorful footage of the ceremony in which the body of modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was transferred from the Ethnography Museum to Anıtkabir in 1953, 15 years after his death.

Thousands of Turkish citizens have descended on Thessaloniki to mark the anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, who died on 10 November 1938.

From the early hours, tourists queued up outside the house where Ataturk was born around 1881 which is now museum.

Many held Turkish flags.

Türkiye on Nov. 10 commemorated Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the country's War of Independence and the founder and architect of modern Türkiye, on the 85th anniversary of his demise.

Thousands of students from the country's all 81 provinces have placed their artistic creations dedicated to modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk inside the traveling suitcases across the country as part of the "Tribute to Atatürk Suitcase" project as the country is commemorating the great leader on his 85th death anniversary on Nov. 10.

Flower shops across the country are working diligently to meet the soaring demand for floral arrangements to be used in commemorative events for the 85th death anniversary of modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on Nov. 10.

The last leg of the Culture and Tourism Ministry's Cultural Road Festival will be held in the southern province of Antalya. More than 500 events will be held at nearly 50 locations during the event to be held between Nov. 4 and 12.

Events will be held at locations including the ancient city of Side, Cumhuriyet Square, Clock Tower, Konyaaltı, Kaleiçi and many other venues.