86th anniversary of Atatürk’s passing to eternity
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the commemoration ceremony held at Anıtkabir on the 86th anniversary of the passing of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Türkiye.
The ceremony at Anıtkabir (Atatürk’s Mausoleum) began as high-ranking state officials walked on the Lion Road. President Erdoğan and other high-ranking officials laid wreaths at Atatürk’s mausoleum and observed a moment of silence at 09:05 a.m.
After the national anthem was sung, President Erdoğan wrote the following in the Anıtkabir Special Book at Misak-ı Millî Tower:
“August Atatürk,
We once again remember Your Excellency with grace on the 86th anniversary of your passing to eternity.
We spare no effort to glorify and strengthen the Republic of Türkiye, the legacy of Your Excellency and our martyrs, in every area, and make it grow bigger in security and stability despite the crises in its near environ. We, by joining forces as the 85 million, maintain with confident steps our sacred journey, extending from our glorious past to a brighter future, with the goal of the great Türkiye once again and the vision of the Century of Türkiye.
We will neither stop nor rest until we build a Türkiye, where peace, calm, justice, development and brotherhood prevail in every inch of our country.”
May you rest in peace!”
