Natıon to celebrate 90 Th anniversary of war of independence

The Turkish nation will celebrate May 19, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Commemoration and Youth and Sports Day, tomorrow with parades and ceremonies throughout Turkey, at the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), and at Turkish missions abroad. May 19 marks the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence, which is an official holiday dedicated to the youth of Turkey. 90 years ago, on May 19, 1919 Ataturk landed in the Black Sea province of Samsun as a high-level military inspector, and started to organize national forces to save the nation from foreign occupation. Afterwards, a national resistance arose across Anatolia and Ataturk became the leader of the national struggle for independence, which quickly grew in strength and ended foreign occupation throughout Turkey within three years, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. In related news, Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan yesterday sailed to Samsun with a ship called Ankara to mark the day.