Macedonian Turks

Turkish people paid tribute to fallen soldiers in Çanakkale, a western province where the greatest victories in the history of Turkey took place, on the 106th anniversary of the Anafartalar Victory.

Remziye Tatlı, 99, whom Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey, met during his visit to the southern province of Adana in 1937 and who was featured in an iconic lecture photo with him, has died of heart failure due to old age.

Turkey on April 23 celebrated the nation's April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day and the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish parliament.

People at 9 p.m. took up their places at the windows and balconies of their homes to sing the national anthem, the Istiklal Marsi (March of Freedom), while waving the Turkish flag.

The Turkish parliament was founded during the Turkish war of Independence, led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and which resulted in the establishment of the modern Turkish republic and the abolition of the old sultanate and caliphate.

Millions of Turkish people across the country on Nov. 10 marked the 81st anniversary of the demise of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader who led the country's war of independence and laid foundation of the Republic of Turkey.

A total of 205 people are undertaking works at Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace to prepare the palace for a memorial ceremony that will take place on Nov. 10, marking the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic.

"Gentlemen! We shall declare the republic tomorrow" is what modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk said on the night of Oct. 28, 1923 as he addressed lawmakers and his close brothers-in-arms. One day later, the Turkish Parliament adopted the new regime type and elected Atatürk as the first president, as lawmakers were heard shouting, "Long live the Republic!

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday called on Greek authorities to bring to justice the suspects who barged into the outside grounds of the Turkish Consulate in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday morning to protest against the country's incursion into Syria.

Modern Turkey founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's generosity following the war in Gallipoli has created a permanent friendship with New Zealand, a bond that became stronger following the terror attack against two mosques in Christchurch in March, according to Wellington's envoy to Ankara.

Hundreds of visitors seen entering the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey on Nov. 10. Atatürk died at the age of 57 in the Dolmabahçe Palace due to health problems. (Photo: Anadolu Agency)