📩 02/10/2023 15:28
Mudanya Mayor Hayri Türkyılmaz introduced the events of the 101st anniversary of the Mudanya Armistice, in which the foundations of the Republic of Turkey were laid, with the Founder of the History Foundation, Prof. Dr. Mehmet O. He did it together with Alkan.
Mudanya Mayor Hayri Türkyılmaz introduced the event program prepared within the scope of the 101st anniversary of the Mudanya Armistice to the public. Mudanya Mayor Hayri Türkyılmaz, who met with the press at MUDAŞ Social Facility, emphasized that they will celebrate the Mudanya Armistice, which paved the way for Turkey's independence, with an event worthy of the 100th anniversary of the Republic. Noting that they will host an important celebration this year in the light of the peace and brotherhood signature signed with the Mudanya Armistice, Mayor Türkyılmaz said, “The events will start with the Bridge Tournament at Taş Mektep Academy on Saturday, October 7. Sofle will take the stage at Armistice Square on Sunday, October 8, at 20:30. The events will start with the Mudanya District Band Concert at 9 on Monday, October 19.30, and continue with the show of the Mudanya Municipality Folk Dance Group and the Mudanya Municipality Polyphonic Choir Concert. Zeynep Casalini will take the stage on Tuesday, October 10 at 20:30.
We will hold the official ceremony celebrations on the day the Armistice was signed, Wednesday, October 11, at 10.30. After the concert of our Mudanya Band, History Foundation Founder Prof. Dr. Mehmet O. Alkan and experienced politician Altan Öymen, one of the Past Chairman of our Party, '100th anniversary'. He will hold a talk titled 'Lausanne and Republic' in XNUMX. After our Mudanya Municipality Polyphonic Children's Choir concert, we will present our Peace Path Award to the Sultans of the Net. Our armistice events will end with the Kardeş Türküller concert. "We will commemorate our ancestor and the honorary citizen of Mudanya, İsmet İnönü, and we will all say 'Long live the Republic' in Mudanya, where the preface of the Republic was written," he said.
2023 Peace Path Award will be given to the Sultans of the Net
Founder of the History Foundation and Peace Path Award Jury announced that the Mudanya Armistice Peace Path Award will be given to the Turkish Women's National Volleyball Team, which represents contemporary Turkey, whose path was drawn by the great leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, with its worldwide success on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. member Prof. Dr. Mehmet O. Alkan said, “While the Nations League was still completed, we decided to give this award to the Women's Volleyball Team with the enthusiasm he gave. One of the biggest achievements of the 100th anniversary of the Republic and the Treaty of Lausanne is women's rights. We wanted to honor our Volleyball Team as a symbol of this. On the same day, we also decided to give the 'Gratitude Award' to Mr. İsmet İnönü, the hero of the Mudanya Armistice and the Lausanne Peace Treaty, the first Prime Minister and the second President of our Republic. There are very important values brought by the Republic. We need to appreciate the values we have. The Republic is very valuable, but we are also obliged to live and keep the Republic alive. If we want to keep the Republic alive and live, more democracy is needed. It is our part to demand more democracy. "This also means the rights of women, youth and workers," he said.
Jury
The selection committee of the Mudanya Armistice Peace Path 2023 award was chaired by former SHP Chairman, former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Murat Karayalçın, and was chaired by History Foundation Founder Prof. Dr. Mehmet O. Alkan, Istanbul Gedik University International Relations Department Head Prof. Dr. Süha Atatüre, Writer Ayşe Kulin, Retired Ambassadors Ünal Çeviköz and Onur Öymen, Journalists Murat Yetkin, Sedat Ergin, former CHP Ankara Deputy, Honorary Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Gülsün Bilgehan, Başkent University Ord. Prof. Enver Ziya Karal History Application and Research Center Director Prof. Dr. It consists of Seçil Karal Akgün and Retired Brigadier General Ali Er.