Turkey commemorates the creation of the modern republic without grand pageantry, causing dismay among those who believe the government is trying to undermine the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. President Erdogan lays a wreath at Ataturk's mausoleum and highlights government achievements in his speech.
Turkey is marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire – but without any grand pageantry or gala reception.
Mr Erdogan on Sunday observed the traditional protocol of laying a wreath at Ataturk’s mausoleum in the capital. He is later scheduled to travel to Istanbul to watch a procession of military ships on the Bosporus, followed by a drones and fireworks show. In his speech marking the occasion, he is expected to highlight his government’s achievements in the past 20 years.
A First World War hero who went on to lead a war of independence against occupying forces, Ataturk proclaimed the Turkish Republic on October 29, 1923. On Sunday, music, including a march that was written to mark the republic’s 10th anniversary, blared from cars adorned with Turkish flags. Many wore red and white – the colours of the flag.
In 2020, Mr Erdogan converted the former Byzantine-era church Hagia Sophia – which was turned into a mosque with the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul – back into a functioning mosque. Ataturk had transformed the structure into a museum in a nod to its Christian and Muslim legacy.
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