Izmir Metropolitan Municipality is preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Izmir with events that will go down in history. The Metropolitan Municipality, which organizes a 400-kilometer victory march that will start from Kocatepe and end in Izmir, will host the most magnificent September 9 celebrations of Turkey and the Economics Congress to be reconvened in 2023. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer“We will tell our children the greatness of our victory and the value of peace. The most magnificent celebration in the history of Turkey will be in Izmir," he said.
The 100th anniversary of the liberation of Izmir will be the scene of many important events that will not be forgotten for many years. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality organizes Victory and Remembrance March from Kocatepe to Izmir between 100 August and 24 September as part of its 9th anniversary activities. The group that will participate in the 400 km historical march will arrive in Izmir on the morning of September 9th. The records for the Derecine-Kocatepe stage, which covers the first two days of the march, continue to be received via bizizmir.com.
The grand final is in Gündoğdu
On September 100, when the 9th anniversary of the liberation of Izmir will be celebrated, enthusiasm will reach its peak. A traditional cortege and flag delivery ceremony will be held between Basmane and Cumhuriyet Square at nine in the morning. In the evening of the same day, the biggest light and stage show in the history of the city will be held. A great visual show will be held in Gündoğdu Square, reviving the liberation struggle and the liberation of İzmir. The demonstrations will start from Cumhuriyet Square and will spread to the beach extending to Alsancak Port.
Visual show and Tarkan concert
The "augmented reality supported interactive theatrical show" to be staged will consist of 8 episodes and last approximately 40 minutes. In the event, where 180 dancers and 300 field workers are in charge, the audience will experience a 1-degree show with 6 middle tower and 360 side towers. The show, in which a total of 300 square meters of led screen that can be watched by hundreds of thousands of people will be used at the same time, will be the biggest show production ever in Turkey's history. In the final of the night, the famous artist Tarkan will give a concert.
Atatürk's arrival in İzmir will also be celebrated
Celebrations will continue on September 10, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk came to Izmir. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of İzmir's liberation, the works within the scope of the special album project, conducted by Tuluğ Tırpan and in which İzmir folk songs are performed by nine artists, will be staged for the first time. Ahmet Adnan Saygun Symphony Orchestra will accompany the artists in the Symphonic İzmir Folk Songs concert performed by Göksel, Feridun Düzağaç, Cem Adrian, Nil İpek, Ferman Akgül, Sinan Kaynakçı, Soner Olgun, Yaşar and Yiğit Kara.
Haluk Levent on the stage on August 24
The activities within the scope of the Victory and Remembrance March, which will start from Kocatepe and end in Izmir, organized by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, will begin on the evening of August 24 in Derecine, which embraced our glorious army before the Great Offensive. Inauguration Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer, Izmir National Library Foundation President Ulvi Puğ and Prof. Dr. It will be held with the “Peace and Turkey Conversation” in which Ergün Aybars will participate as a guest. Famous artist Haluk Levent will also take the stage on the same night. After the concert, the group will participate in the 8-kilometer public march to be held in the neighboring Yeşilçiftlik Town, and will spend the night in the tent camp.
Victory Road
The convoy will visit the Şuhut Atatürk House, where Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk shared his final preparations for the Great Attack with his comrades, and on the night of August 25, the historical anniversary of the Great Attack, they will walk on the 14-kilometer Victory Road stretching from Çakırözü village to Kocatepe. . The convoy, which will reach Kocatepe on the road where Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades marched to victory a century ago, will be sent off to İzmir after the commemoration ceremonies to be held in the morning. The main hiking group, consisting of licensed mountaineers, athletes and young volunteers, will reach İzmir in 400 days by walking the 14-kilometer Victory Road, where the struggle for independence is fermented with the enthusiasm of freedom and independence, just like the villages and towns where our ancestors passed.
Independence Days will be celebrated
After visiting the Atatürk House, museum and martyrdom on the route, the team will walk to Dumlupınar and will also participate in the events to be held in Zafertepe, where Mustafa Kemal Pasha heralded the victory of the nation with the order "Armies, Your First Target is the Mediterranean, Forward". After participating in the liberation day celebrations of Banaz, Uşak, Ulubey, Eşme, Kula, Alaşehir, Salihli, Ahmetli, Turgutlu and Kemalpaşa, the last stop of the caravan, which will continue to proceed towards İzmir, is the liberation ceremonies of İzmir to be held on the morning of September 9 at Cumhuriyet Square. will be. The marching group will add the commemorative soil from the Kocatepe, Zafertepe and Dumlupınar martyrdoms to the soil of the Atatürk Monument rising in Cumhuriyet Square.
History talks and music performances
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, which will provide logistic support to the convoy with its mobile teams along the line, will organize social and cultural events in the villages where the marchers pass, and experience the joy of liberation and victory with the local people. In the evenings of the camp, history talks and music concerts will be organized to which the villagers will be invited, and children will be presented with story books and Speech.
30 August Victory Day 100th Anniversary Celebration
As part of the 30th anniversary of the August 100 Victory Day, various events, talks, performances in open spaces, theater performances and concerts will be held throughout the city. In addition, a culture night will be held at Konak Atatürk Square, where folk dances from 7 regions of Turkey will be exhibited. At the end of the celebrations, Zeynep Bastik will give a concert on the grass field of Kültürpark.
September 9 Photo Contest
A photography contest will be held between August 26 and September 10, 2022 as part of the September 9 celebrations. The announcement of the competition was made on July 26.
Imprinted September 9 Celebrations Photo Exhibition
A special photography exhibition that will bring the memories of the September 9 celebrations since 1922 September 9 to the present will be opened at Bıçakçı Han on 8 September.
100th Anniversary Library
The library, which will symbolize the independence of İzmir and will be called the 100th Anniversary, will be brought to İzmir in the 100th year, with a modern, technological infrastructure and up-to-date book inventory.
100th Anniversary Memorial House
In cooperation with Konak Municipality, the 9th Anniversary Memorial House will be inaugurated on September 100 at Yemişçizade Mansion in Kemeraltı.
100th Anniversary Stone
The 9th Anniversary Memorial Stone will be placed in Gündoğdu Square, where celebrations will be held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the September 100 victory.
100th Anniversary İzmir Half Marathon
The "2022 September Half Marathon", which will be run for the tenth time in 9, will be held on September 11 as the 100th Anniversary Half Marathon this year.
İzmir Fire in its 100th Anniversary Panel and Exhibition
A public panel on the Great Fire of Izmir and a digital exhibition will be held at Izmir Art Center on September 13-14.
100th Anniversary Panel and Talks
In October, a panel and exhibition will be held on “Mudanya Armistice and İsmet Pasha”. Other panels and interviews that will address İzmir's 100th anniversary from different perspectives are “National Struggle”, “İzmir Cuisine: Cultural Majority”, “Social Events”. will be held under the titles of "İzmir Music", "Society, City and Space", "Culture, Art and Literature".
100th Anniversary International Open Water Peninsula Swimming Championship
On October 16, the "Peninsula Open Water Swimming Championship" will be held in Urla, with the participation of open water swimmers from all over Turkey and the world, together with the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and the Turkish Swimming Federation.
The Greatest Victory is Peace Monument
Bayraklı The Greatest Victory is Peace Monument, which is planned to be placed in the Recreation Area, will be opened on October 29, 2023.
100th Anniversary Anthem of Our Republic Poetry and Composition Competition
The poetry stage of the 100th Anniversary Anthem of our Republic, organized by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and has two stages, has been completed. The deadline for the composition competition is scheduled for October 1, 2022. The final 10 works will be announced on the social media accounts of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality on October 3, 2022.
"Izmir in its 100th Anniversary from Liberation to Foundation" Themed Book Study
A series of 10 volumes will be published, dealing with Izmir from different perspectives. In addition to sports, literature, art, entertainment and social movements in İzmir, the most important dynamics of the city such as gender, cultural transition and pluralism will be examined in a wide perspective in the books.
İzmir Symposium in its 100th Anniversary
Simultaneously with the launch of the 100-volume book to be prepared with the main title "İzmir in its 10th Anniversary from the Independence to the Foundation", the titles of the books were expanded in December 2022 and "100. A symposium will be organized under the name “İzmir”.
100th Anniversary APIKAM Books
On the 100th anniversary of the Independence, 7 books will be published by the City Archive and Museums Branch Directorate.
Izmir Mukhtars Musical
The musical work, in which 100 muhtars took part and started 6 months ago, will be staged in Alaşehir on September 4, 2022, in Kemalpaşa on September 8, 2022, and at AASSM on September 14, 2022.
My humble body theater show
Prepared by İzmir City Theaters to commemorate the 100th anniversary of İzmir's liberation, the theater play named My Naçiz Body will meet with the audience on November 10, 2022 at İsmet İnönü Art Center.
Air shows (Airshow Izmir 2022)
With the partnership of the Izmir Governor's Office, acrobatic air shows with the participation of many aircraft, competitions, ground performances and exhibition activities will be held on the Gulf on September 9 and 10, 2022.
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