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title: "Turkey Commemorates National Sovereignty Day And Children’S Day"
date: "2015-04-23 13:16:02"
author: "DHA"
tags: "İstanbul", "Devlet Bahçeli", "Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu"
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# Turkey Commemorates National Sovereignty Day And Children’S Day
\- Turkey commemorates National Sovereignty Day and Children’s Day, the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish parliament, with several ceremonies across the country.
The day is celebrated as a children’s festival because children were awarded a special place in the April 23 festivities by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey.
Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, main opposition Republican Poeple's Party (CHP) Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Leader Devlet Bahçeli, Peoples' Democratic Party MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder and officials visited Atatürk Mausoleum for wreath-laying ceremony.
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\- Leaders in the Atatürk Mausoleum   
\- Wreath-laying ceremony  
\- People in the garden of Atatürk Mausoleum  
\- Childeren and the leaders
DHA FEED
