İsmet İnönü

In a commemorative ceremony in the capital Ankara yesterday, attendees gathered to pay tribute to İsmet İnönü, one of the esteemed founders of the Turkish Republic and its second president, on the 50th anniversary of his passing.

The commemorative event took place at Anıtkabir, the grounds also housing the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Democracy is the hope of the human race, Türkiye's founding leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk told U.S. journalist Isaac Marcosson for an interview originally published by The Saturday Evening Post on Nov. 20, 1923.

Atatürk unveiled his nation's most crucial values and principles, notably democracy, before the declaration of the Republic in an interview with the U.S. journalist.

Türkiye marked the centennial anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24, commemorating the landmark pact that officially recognized the modern Turkish state.

As the political crisis in Cyprus escalated in 1964, Turkey's National Security Council decided that it would invade the island and ordered preparatory actions. The United States immediately intervened and on June 5, 1964, president Lyndon B. Johnson sent a letter to Turkish premier Ismet Inonu to prevent the invasion.

Turkey on July 24 marked the 98th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, a landmark pact that recognized the modern Turkish state.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) spokesperson Faik Öztrak reacted to the government's decision for the privatization of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEİAŞ).

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Spokesperson Faik Öztrak hinted that his party might apply to the constitutional court for a bill that the parliament passed last week, which will pave the way for the appointment of trustees to civil society organizations.

Remziye Tatlı, 99, whom Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, met during his visit to the southern province of Adana in 1937 and who was featured in an iconic lecture photo with him, has died of heart failure due to old age.

Some 358,931 people have learned to read and write as part of the "Mobilization for Literacy" campaign launched by the Education Ministry in February 2018, Education Minister Ziya Selçuk has said in response to a parliamentary question submitted by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Mehmet Ali Çelebi.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy leader Bülent Tezcan has blasted the latest state of emergency decrees and described it as “new coup memoranda.”