APRIL 23rd NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND CHILDREN'S DAY OF TURKEY

Fatma Deniz Akyol

 

On April 23rd, 1920, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey met for the first time and laid the foundations of the Republic of Turkey. On April 23, 1929, in addition to celebrating Turkey's independence, parliament declared April 23rd a national holiday dedicated to children at the request of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Turkey was the first country in the world to celebrate an official Children's Day with this holiday, which was gifted to children in Turkey and in the world. Every year on April 23rd, children from dozens of countries are invited to Turkey to celebrate this special day with ceremonies and have the chance to share their poems, songs, folk dances with each other.

Galina Safronova

Jõhvi Vene Põhikool, Estonia

The students of our school and the participants of this project participated on April 23 in the celebration of NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND CHILDREN'S DAY OF TURKEY, being on the Erasmus + project "We do STEAM together" in Turkey in the city of Samsun.

We took part in the drawing competition on the theme "Peace and Harmony". Participants of the competition: students from Turkey, Estonia, Romania, Poland, Portugal.