19.05.2019 Samsun
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu laid a wreath and stood in salute at the Atatürk monument in the Samsun First Step Square on occasion of May 19th Atatürk Commemoration, Youth and Sports Day.
Laying
a wreath at the Atatürk monument prior to the Turkey 100 Awards held in Samsun
on occasion of coinciding with May 19th, Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his
speech at the meeting hall said, “May 19th, is the first step in our
nation’s fight to exist who accept no bondage, would never give up their
liberty now bow down to persecution. It is an uprising looked upon as an
example by the oppressed all over the world. From Samsun, the spark spread out
in waves all over Anatolia, launching an epic fight for independence, ensuring
the rebirth of a nation from the ashes. We owe this to the War of Independence,
which began in 1919 and ended in 1922 with the Great Victory, being recognized throughout
the world with the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923.
With
infinite and eternal gratitude, we remember Gazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the
founder of our republic, and our sainted veterans and martyrs who put their
lives on the line for the freedom of our nation and the independence of our
country. We must understand well this spirit of a century ago. The Turkish
nation won when it embraced itself; lost as it dissented. With this spirit, sparked
in Samsun, this determination and faith, we must win again and embrace each
other.”