88th anniversary of Atatürk’s passing to eternity

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the commemoration ceremony held at Anıtkabir on the 88th 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 remember with grace Your Excellency, your comrades-in-arms, our Ghazi Parliament’s esteemed members, who led our War of Independence, our martyrs, the eternal seal of existence of our homeland, and our ghazis, who paid heavy prices for our nation, on the 88^th anniversary of your passing to eternity.

In this trying period, when our region and the world are grappling with crises, we have mobilized all our means to take the Republic of Türkiye, together with its 86 million citizens, to a more prosperous future.

We, in unity of ideals and targets with our nation, will determinedly continue to develop this heavenly homeland, the sacred legacy of our martyrs and ghazis.

May you rest in peace!”