Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day | |
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Official name | 19 Mayıs Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı |
Also called | Youth and Sports Day |
Observed by | Turkey Northern Cyprus |
Significance | Mustafa Kemal's landing at Samsun on May 19, 1919, which is regarded as the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence |
Date | May 19 |
2023 date | 19 May |
2024 date | 19 May |
Next time | May 19, 2024 |
Frequency | annual |
The Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
History
Gymnastics Festival
The first "Gymnastics Festival" (İdman Bayramı) was held at the sport meadow of Kadıköy İttihad Sports (Union Club until 1915) by Erkek Muallim Mektebi (Teachers' College for Boys) with personal enterprise of Selim Sirri Bey (Tarcan),[3] who was the Inspector of the Ministry of Education of the Ottoman Empire at the time. According to some sources, it was held on May 12, 1916, as to Faik Reşit Unat, in May 1916, as to Selim Sırrı Tarcan himself, on April 29, 1916.[4] Selim Sirri Bey had brought a score of the Swedish folk music titled Tre trallande jäntor ("Three carolling girls") and collected by Felix Körling.[5] This folk music became "Dağ Başını Duman Almış" marşı with Turkish lyrics written by Ali Ulvi Bey (Elöve) in 1917[6] and sung in this festival for the first time.[7]
Mustafa Kemal's landing in Samsun
Fahrî Yâver-i Hazret-i Şehriyâri
Mustafa Kemal and his staff left Samsun on May 24 for transferring their headquarters to the village of Karageçmiş in Havza district. According to Hamza Eroğlu, they sang the march Dağ Başını Duman Almış while marching from Samsun to Havza,[10] and according to Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, they also sang this song after leaving Havza to go to Amasya.[11]
Atatürk's later years
With the Law No. 3466 dated June 20, 1938, "May 19" was officialized as the Festival of Youth and Sports. The march Dağ Başını Duman Almış was announced as the Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı Marşı (March of the Festival of Youth and Sports, popularly known as the Gençlik Marşı).[12]
Practice
Youths sing the national anthem, visit
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Atatürk's birthday
Atatürk was born in 1881. But his birth date is not known. In one of his speeches, he declared that he considers his birthday as May 19, in clear reference to the beginning of the national struggle in 1919.[18]
Media
See also
- Youth Day in other countries
- Public holidays in Turkey
Footnotes
- ^ "Honorary Aide-de-camp to His Majesty Sultan",
Sources
- Presidency of the Republic of Turkey.
- ^ "Η 19η Μαΐου, καθιερώνεται ως ημέρα μνήμης της γενοκτονίας των Ελλήνων του Πόντου". Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic. 1998.
- ISBN 978-975-422-090-2, p. 154.(in Turkish)
- ISBN 978-975-17-0491-7, p. 44.(in Turkish)
- ^ Etem Üngör, Türk Marşları, Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü, 1965, p. 54. (in Turkish)
- ^ Seyit Kemal Karaalioğlu, Resimli Türk Edebiyatçılar Sözlüğü, İnkılâp ve Aka, 1982, p. 128. (in Turkish)
- ISBN 978-975-8457-66-3, p. 498.(in Turkish)
- ISBN 978-0-7195-6592-2, p. 214.
- ^ "Mustafa Kemal and the Turkish War of Independence, 1919–23". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ Hamza Eroğlu, Türk Devrimi Tarihi, Türk Devrim Kurumu, 1974, p. 87. (in Turkish)
- ^ Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Tek Adam: Mustafa Kemalʾin Hayatı, Cilt 1, Remzi Kitapevi, 1967, p. 40. (in Turkish)
- ^ Sadi Borak, Bilinmiyen yönleriyle Atatürk, Kitapçılık Ticaret Limited Şirketi Yayınları, 1966, [page needed]
- ^ "Erdoğan'dan İstiklal Marşı çağrısı!". Sözcü. May 21, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "100. yılında 19 Mayıs coşkusu!". Dünya. May 19, 2019. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "Türkiye genelinde 19 Mayıs için Fener Alayları düzenlendi". Sözcü. May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ Şahin, Münir; Dönmez, Burhanettin (Spring 2014). "19 Mayıs Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı Hakkında Beden Eğitimi Öğretmenlerinin Görüşleri". Millî Eğitim (202). Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ Resmi Tatil Günleri in the official website of K.K.T.C. Başbakanlık Personel Dairesi Müdürlüğü. (in Turkish)
- ^ "The nationalist movement and the war for independence". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
External links
- http://www.paragrapher.net/19-mayis-ataturku-anma-genclik-ve-spor-bayrami
- "Turkey celebrates May 19th Youth & Sports Day", World Bulletin[permanent dead link] Tuesday, 19 May 2009 10:16
- Turgay Tuna, "Dağ Başını Duman Almış"lı Günlerden Cumhuriyetimizin 81. Yıldönümündeki Genç Kızlarımıza..., Kimlik, Sayı: 8, October 2004. (in Turkish)
- 19 mayıs: Ata'nın 'Doğum günüm' dediği tarih... Archived 2018-01-26 at the Wayback Machine, Ortadoğu, May 19, 2010. (in Turkish)