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Cities across Türkiye, including Hakkari, Bitlis, Mus, Van, Samsun, Manisa and Izmir, marked the 103rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic with wreath-laying ceremonies, moments of silence, the National Anthem and marches.
Wreath-laying ceremonies were held on Oct. 29 in the eastern provinces of Hakkari, Bitlis, and Mus to mark the 103rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye, with officials, military personnel, police officers, students, and citizens attending the event.
Governors, military commanders, and mayors laid wreaths in the courtyards of governorates and in public squares, and each ceremony ended with a moment of silence and the National Anthem.
Samsun marked the 103rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye with a series of celebrations that included a march featuring a Turkish flag measuring 1,919 meters in length, a reference to the year 1919, when Samsun started the Turkish War of Independence.
The celebrations began with the laying of a wreath at the Monument of Honor and the singing of the National Anthem, after which students unfurled the 1,919-meter flag during a march organized by the Samsun Governor’s Office.
The march, which started at the Monument of Honor, passed through Lise Street and Istiklal Street before ending at Istiklal Square.
A ceremony was held in the garden of the Governor’s Office in Van as part of the Republic Day celebrations and concluded with a moment of silence and the singing of the National Anthem, in the presence of military commanders, police officials, deputy governors, heads of institutions, and students.
A wreath-laying ceremony was held at Cumhuriyet (Republic) Square in Manisa, where the governor, the garrison commander, and the metropolitan mayor laid wreaths at the National Sovereignty Monument.
The ceremony was attended by the chief public prosecutor, the provincial gendarmerie commander, the provincial police chief, heads of various institutions, representatives of political parties, and citizens.
The ceremony in Izmir began with a performance by a folk dance troupe.
At the ceremony that continued at Cumhuriyet Square, the army and the metropolitan municipality laid wreaths, then had a moment of silence and the National Anthem in the presence of police, gendarmerie, and coast guard representatives and members of political parties.
As part of the celebrations in Erzurum, prison staff performed a choreography forming a crescent and star, the symbol that appears on the Turkish flag.
Seventy second-grade students at Koc Elementary School in Elazig gathered in the schoolyard on Oct. 29, forming a choreographed display spelling out “103rd year.”
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