100th anniversary of 19 May 1919

Melbourne'daki Federation Square'de Türk bayrakları. Geçmiş yıllardaki renkli görüntüler bu yıl yok. Source: SBS Turkish

The Turkish community in Australia are celebrating the centenary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s landing at the Black Sea port of Samsun, which is seen as the beginning of Turkey’s Independence War after the end of World War One. Ever since, the national day is marked as the Commemorating Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day.

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