Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the liberation of İzmir started with the victory march organized on the route where the Turkish army entered the city on September 9. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who received the Turkish flag carried for 400 kilometers from Afyon Derecine Tunç Soyer“We all celebrate our holiday together. We are very happy and proud,” he said.
İzmir celebrates the 100th anniversary of its liberation with great enthusiasm. The most magnificent September 9 celebrations in history, organized by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, started with the 100th Anniversary Victory Parade. The march, which was organized on the route used by the Turkish Army when entering İzmir on September 9, 1922, continued from the front of Basmane Police Station to Cumhuriyet Square. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality on the march Tunç SoyerIn addition to CHP İzmir Deputies Kani Beko, Bedri Serter, Murat Minister, Sevda Erdan Kılıç, Mahir Polat, AK Party Deputy Chairman and İzmir Deputy Hamza Dağ, AK Party İzmir Deputy Cemal Bekle and Yaşar Kırkpınar, MHP İzmir Deputy Tamer Osmanağaoğlu, Hasan Kalyoncu, CHP İzmir Provincial Chairman Deniz Yücel, AK Party İzmir Provincial Chairman Kerem Ali Continuous, IYI Party İzmir Provincial Chairman Hüsmen Kırkpınar, MHP İzmir Provincial Chairman Veysel Şahin, district mayors, representatives of business world and non-governmental organizations and thousands of İzmir residents attended.
Zafer Yolu convoy delivered the flag to President Soyer
President of the Victory and Remembrance March, which was organized by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and set off from Afyon 17 days ago. Tunç SoyerHe delivered the Turkish flag that he carried for 400 kilometers to Turkey. Afyon Derecine Mayor Ömer Yıldız and Afyon Yeşilçiftlik Mayor Mehmet Ali Sakal, who came to İzmir with the cortege, conveyed their congratulatory messages before the march.
“We celebrate our holiday together”
The citizens of Izmir, carrying the 350-meter-long Turkish flag prepared by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, reached Cumhuriyet Square via Gaziler, Anafartalar and İkiçeşmelik avenues. Citizens supported the cortege, which was accompanied by marches, with applause.
The cortege was greeted with a zeybek show at Cumhuriyet Square. President conveying his feelings on the march Tunç Soyer“We all celebrate our holiday together. We are very happy and very proud of that," he said.
100th anniversary wreath on Ata's monument
After the march accompanied by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality band, a ceremony was held in Cumhuriyet Square. İzmir Governor Yavuz Selim Köşger, Aegean Army and Garrison Commander Gen. Kemal Yeni, Mayor of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer He laid a wreath at the Atatürk Monument.
Ceremonies will last all day.
Celebrations prepared by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the liberation and will continue throughout the day. The enthusiasm will end with a visual show that will go down in history and Tarkan concert in Gündoğdu Square after the lantern procession on the evening of September 9th.
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