National Sovereignty and Children’s Day

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Turkish national holiday national holiday public holiday

National Sovereignty and Children’s Day is a Turkish national holiday celebrated on April 23 that commemorates the foundation of the Turkish parliament while honoring and emphasizing the importance of children.

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Surface form	Occurrences
National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (Turkey)	2
23 April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkish national holiday ⓘ national holiday ⓘ public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Sovereignty and Children’s Day ⓘ surface form: 23 April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day 23 Nisan Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı ⓘ
associatedWith	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ TRT International Children’s Festival ⓘ children’s festivals ⓘ
celebratedOn	April 23 ⓘ
celebrationIncludes	children symbolically taking over official posts ⓘ children’s performances ⓘ laying wreaths at Atatürk monuments ⓘ official speeches ⓘ parades ⓘ school ceremonies ⓘ
commemorates	foundation of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ opening of the Turkish parliament ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
dateEstablished	23 April 1921 ⓘ
dayObserved	23 ⓘ
emphasizes	importance of children ⓘ
founder	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasInternationalAspect	participation of foreign children in events ⓘ
hasOfficialCeremoniesAt	Anıtkabir ⓘ Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Turkish Grand National Assembly
hasTheme	children’s rights ⓘ democracy ⓘ national sovereignty ⓘ patriotism ⓘ
hasType	secular holiday ⓘ
honors	children ⓘ
inception	1921 ⓘ
languageOfName	Turkish ⓘ
legalStatus	public holiday in Turkey ⓘ
linkedToEvent	Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
linkedToInstitution	Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
location	Turkey ⓘ
monthObserved	April ⓘ
observedBy	Turkish diaspora ⓘ citizens of Turkey ⓘ
partOf	Turkish national holidays ⓘ
symbolizes	transfer of sovereignty to the people ⓘ trust in children as future of the nation ⓘ
targetGroup	children ⓘ

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National Sovereignty and Children’s Day → alsoKnownAs → National Sovereignty and Children’s Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: 23 April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day

Grand National Assembly of Turkey → relatedHoliday → National Sovereignty and Children’s Day ⓘ

Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day → relatedTo → National Sovereignty and Children’s Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (Turkey)

Republic Day (Turkey) → relatedTo → National Sovereignty and Children’s Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (Turkey)