OPET Restores Atatürk's Headquarters

27/10/2023 17 Canakkale, GENERAL, HEADLINE, Marmara Region, TURKIYE, Life
OPET Restores Atatürk's Headquarters
OPET Restores Atatürk's Headquarters

OPET, which equipped all its stations with posters containing the 'Forever' message and Turkish flags on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Republic, also restored the Eceabat/Maydos Party Headquarters, which was used by Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Gallipoli Wars when he was the 19th Division Commander, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary. It does. The headquarters will be opened to visitors in 2024 as a gift to the 2nd century of our Republic.

Acting with the vision that every institution and organization born and raised in Turkey has duties and responsibilities towards its country, OPET carries the enthusiasm of the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey to its stations. OPET, which equipped all its stations with Atatürk posters and Turkish flags bearing the message "Forever" in honor of the 100th anniversary of our Republic, said: "We are in the 100th anniversary of our Republic. It welcomes its customers with the message "We will keep our republic alive forever with our projects." With the "Respect for History Project", it continues its work in the areas where the Gallipoli Wars, which were of great importance on the road to the Republic, took place, by undertaking the restoration of the Maydos Party Headquarters, which Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk used as a command center during the war.

OPET, which has been rehabilitating the Eceabat Peninsula and developing the region with martyrs' cemeteries, mosques and schools since 2006 with the "Respect for History Project", built the Maydos Party Headquarters, which Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk used as a command center during the Gallipoli Wars, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of our Republic. It also restores the . The building, which the Great Leader Atatürk, who went to the Gallipoli Front on February 25, 1915, came to Maydos, today's Eceabat, and used as his headquarters for two months, will be restored while preserving its historical texture and reorganized as a museum. At headquarters; Orders, reports and letters written and dictated by Atatürk will also be exhibited.

“THE TORCH OF LIBERATION LITTER IN ÇANAKKALE CARRIED US TO THE DECLARATION OF THE REPUBLIC”

Stating that they want to experience the joy of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Republic in all OPET stations, Nurten Öztürk, Founding Member of the OPET Board of Directors, said: "We are proud and proud to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the declaration of our Republic, which is the beginning of the path of independence, freedom and modernity, together with our customers, dealers and the whole of Turkey." We are experiencing happiness. We want this enthusiasm to surround everyone who comes to our stations. We would like to present the Maydos Party Headquarters, the restoration of which we started in Çanakkale Eceabat, to our nation on the 100th anniversary of our Republic. This headquarters has a very important place in the history of our country. "The torch of liberation lit here carried us to the War of Independence and the declaration of our Republic," he said.

MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK'S FIRST HEADQUARTERS IN ÇANAKKALE

Maydos Party Headquarters, the restoration of which was undertaken by OPET, has a special place in Turkey's history. The 25th Division, led by Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kemal, reached Maydos with the 1915th Regiment from Tekirdağ via Aleppo and Damascus Ferries on 57 February 19, and returned to Maydos with the participation of the 72nd and 77th Regiments sent from Istanbul. was established and established.

The 19th Infantry Division made its name written in golden letters in Turkish history with the victories it won by fighting against the British-Anzac troops on the front line of the battles in the area where the northern group was located in the land operation against the Gallipoli Peninsula, which started on April 25, 1915. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk commanded the 2th Division from the headquarters established in a two-storey building in Maydos for approximately 19 months. The building, which has the architecture of Greek houses, was used as a military branch for a while and as a district governor's office building during the Republic period, and was converted into a Cultural Museum in 2005.