Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a ceremony at Anıtkabir marking the 88th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Türkiye.
The ceremony began with state officials walking along the Lion Road. The delegation, led by Erdoğan, laid a wreath at Atatürk’s mausoleum at 09:05 and observed a moment of silence.
After the national anthem was performed, Erdoğan went to the Misak-ı Millî Tower and signed Anıtkabir’s Special Book.