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December 23, 2020
ANKARA
Turkey’s parliament approved a motion early Thursday announcing 2021 as the year of the Turkish national anthem.
Mustafa Sentop, the speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, was the first to sign the motion, followed by the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Good (IYI) Party.
In 2021, all public institutions will hold events explaining the meaning of the Istiklal Marsi, or Independence March, and the importance of the War of Independence, as well as commemorating the national anthem’s writer, Mehmet Akif Ersoy.
Turkey: Over 11m visit online museums amid pandemic
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey on 11 July 2020 [Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency] December 22, 2020 at 8:12 pm
Around 11.5 million people visited 32 museums and historical sites in Turkey through the government s digital platform, the top culture, and tourism official said on Tuesday, reports
Anadolu Agency.
The ministry unveiled the digital portal of museums and historical sites at the end of March after the COVID-19 outbreak, which hit the tourism industry hard.
The museums, which host millions of rare works of culture and art, have been made accessible to visitors through a virtual environment on sanalmuze.gov.tr, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said during the opening ceremony of the Tarsus Museum in the southern Mersin province.
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April 2
- 555 Turkish citizens from Algeria evacuated by Algerian Airlines to Samsun in Turkey s Black Sea region.
April 6
- Turkey s flagship Anadolu Agency celebrates its centennial, as it was founded on April 6, 1920 – 17 days before the Turkish Grand National Assembly convened for the first time on April 23, amid the Turkish War of Independence. Since its foundation, Anadolu Agency has worked to speedily disseminate factual news across the globe with confidence, impartiality, and professionalism.
It is seen as one of the world s most prestigious news agencies, currently producing news in 13 languages and serving 6,000 subscribers in 93 countries with at least 3,000 employees stationed in 100 countries.