Thousands to form giant Atatürk portrait to mark Turkish Victory Day
Thousands of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk fans will form a giant portrait of the Turkish Republicâs founder, to mark the countryâs national Victory Day, celebrated on the anniversary of the 1922 Battle of Dumlupınar, one of the final battles in Turkeyâs War of Independence.
People over the age of 13 have been called on to wear black and join the event at Anıtkabir, the site of Atatürk's mausoleum in Ankara.
The organizers say the event will mark a new world record, with an official crew from Guinness World Records present. The planned number of attendees is 6,000.
The attempt to set the new world record will begin at 1 p.m., at which point the attendees must stand still for 30 minutes.
Similar attempts took place with 2,400 people in Ä°zmir on Nov. 10, 2012, the anniversary of Atatürkâs death, and with 5,990 people in Bursa on Oct. 29, 2013. However, neither event was registered as a world record.
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