Celebration - Republic Day

“Teachers are the one and only people who save nations.”
― Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938)

"The Republic Day of Turkey is one of the public holidays in Turkey and Northern Cyprus, commemorating the proclamation of the republic in 1923. It lasts 35 hours, starting at 1:00 pm on 28 October. The holiday commemorates 29 October 1923, when Mustafa Kemal declared that Turkey would be a republic. Turkey had effectively been a republic since 23 April 1920 (the establishment of Grand National Assembly of Turkey), but official recognition of this came only three years later. On 29 October 1923, the name of the nation, Turkey, and its status as a republic was declared. After that, a vote occurred in the Grand National Assembly, and Atatürk was elected as the first President of the Republic of Turkey." - Wikipedia

Today our special commemorative assembly included an address by the Turkish Director of the school. We have a half day today (but I have a meeting all afternoon) and then school is closed tomorrow for the National Holiday. Yay.