Erzurum Congress

Turkey marked the 102nd anniversary of the Sivas Congress on Sept. 4.

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"Today, we take every step with the sense of commitment to the decisions taken at the Sivas Congress, which form the basis of the Republic of Turkey," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a statement.

The museums in Turkey's heartland Anatolia that were witnesses to the Turkish War of Independence take visitors on a journey to the past.

Turkey on July 23 marked centennial anniversary of Erzurum Congress, the declaration of independence.

The Atatürk House Museum in the eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum, where the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk resided for 52 days on July 9, 1919 and laid the foundations of the national struggle during the Erzurum Congress, receives thousands of tourists in every season.