29th October is Turkish
Republic Day, which is basically their equivalent of the 4th
of July in America. They aren't exactly the same meaning, but the
same type of patriotic holiday. Ataturk was the man who led Turkey
through their independence war, and then established the Republic of
Turkey. He is a national hero and his picture and speeches are up in
every classroom in Turkey and I think every household has a picture
of him somewhere. This was a very important day for the Turks, but
because I was in Istanbul and in the car all day, I wasn't able to go
to any of the celebrations in the city, but I got to hear about them
from one of my teachers at school and then we had a little
presentation at school about it, so I did get to learn a bit about
it.
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