Turkey marks May 19th Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day

Turkey celebrated May 19th Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day shortly after the country entered a gradual normalization period following the national COVID-19 lockdown that ended on May 17.

Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu visited the resting place of the republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on May 19, leaving a wreath and writing in the visitor's book to mark national Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day.

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