Karachi:
The Turkish Consulate in collaboration with Pak-Turk Maarif schools and colleges organized a number of events in Karachi on the occasion of national sovereignty and Children’s Day and the 105th anniversary of the opening of the Turkish large national assembly, a statement said Saturday.
Cemal Sangu said that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of Modern Turkiye, decided to celebrate on April 23 as a holiday in 1924, the only universal holiday dedicated to the children, by hampering the event, by tackling the event and approaching the event and deciding to celebrate April 23 as a holiday in 1924.
With UNESCO’s 1979 statement as “World Children”, this holiday is celebrated with great enthusiasm and excitement with the children of the world, he added.