BASTA MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK VE SILAH ARKADASLARI OLMAK UZERE O GUNDEN BUGUNE VATAN TOPRAGI ICIN CANINI VERMIS TUM SEHITLERIMIZI SEVGI, SAYGI VE MINNETLE ANIYORUZ
May 19, 1919 marks the beginning of the Turkish War of National Liberation, a turning point in Turkey’s history. On this day, a young Ottoman general, Mustafa Kemal, arrived in Samsun. The man, who would later be known to the world as Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, stepped ashore on this small Black Sea Coast town to embark on a journey that would ultimately create the Republic of Turkey and a new nation state.