Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Türkiye, was commemorated on the 88th anniversary of his passing with a ceremony held in front of the Atatürk Monument at Marmara University’s Göztepe Campus. The ceremony was attended by Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Okur, Vice Rectors Prof. Dr. Ayşin Satan, Prof. Dr. Ümit Süleyman Şehirli and Prof. Dr. Yaşar Kabataş, Secretary General Hasan Şahin, as well as academic and administrative staff and students.
The program began with Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Okur laying a wreath at the Atatürk Monument. Following a moment of silence accompanied by the sound of sirens at 09:05, the National Anthem was sung under the conductorship of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Uslu, a faculty member in the Department of Fine Arts Education at the Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education.
Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was commemorated with respect, gratitude, and longing by the Marmara University family.
