GREAT LEADER ATATURK COMMEMORATED AT IUE

The ceremony started with laying a wreath at Ataturk Monument, and as the sirens were heard, the attendants observed a moment of silence, which was followed by singing of the National Anthem. President Mahmut Özgener, who addressed the crowd, said, “We are gathered here today for commemoration which would not be enough even if it were repeated until eternity.” Özgener pointed that the physical loss of Ataturk was still felt so deeply, and said, “We all know that Ataturk left us a legacy that went beyond years, centuries, his very own physical being. The ceremony we are holding here today gives all of us a chance to think, to remember. We are thinking about him together, that painful one minute in particular when we observe silence.”