PodcastTurkey commemorates 86th anniversary of Atatürk's death
Turkey commemorated the 86th death anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the country's founding father, on Nov. 10.
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Turkey on Nov. 10 commemorated the 86th anniversary of the death of the Republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
People came to a halt for two minutes of contemplation to pay their respects to the deeply revered first president of the Republic.
At 9.05 a.m. local time sirens wailed to mark the exact moment of his death at the age of 57 across the country.
Around the country, people stopped in the streets or stood silently at their workplaces to remember Atatürk.
At the Anıtkabir mausoleum, the resting place of Atatürk, overlooking the capital Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wrote in the diary, “We will march without stopping or resting until we build a Turkey where peace and justice prevail.”
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, İYİ (Good) Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu also took part in the annual ceremony alongside other senior politicians and military officers.