Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)

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May 19th, 2026

Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)

The Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, is an annual Turkish national holiday celebrated on May 19 to commemorate Mustafa Kemal's landing at Samsun on May 19, 1919, which is regarded as the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence in the official historiography.

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