President Erdoğan at Anıtkabir
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the ceremony held at Anıtkabir (Atatürk’s Mausoleum) on the occasion of the 99th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic.
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Mustafa Şentop, Vice President Fuat Oktay, Chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli, Chairwoman of the Good (IYI) Party Meral Akşener, members of the Presidential Cabinet, presidents of high courts, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Güler and force commanders were also present at the ceremony.
After President Erdoğan laid a wreath at the mausoleum, the attendees observed a moment of silence and sang the Independence March.
Afterwards, President Erdoğan proceeded to the Misâk-ı Millî Tower where he wrote in the Book of Honor the following:
“August Atatürk,
Today, we are observing the 99th anniversary of the proclamation of our Republic founded following a challenging and heroic fight carried out under your leadership.
We work with all our strength to make our Republic, entrusted to us by Your Excellency and our august martyrs, live forever. We are feeling the happiness of crowning this historic day by inaugurating the production facility of TOGG, our country’s first-ever indigenous electric car.
Ignoring the obstacles raised before us, we determinedly continue to work to make the age we are living in the Century of Türkiye, and to make our people’s dreams come true.
May you rest in peace. Happy Republic Day.”
