April 23 National sovereignty and children’s day

As everyone knows, April 23, 1920, is the establishment day of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. But is this just the day of the foundation of an assembly? It is one of the most important steps taken by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the struggle of a nation to stand upright against external forces.

It can also be said the beginning of an institutionalized National Struggle for 23 April 1920. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk has shown such an important day as a gift to the children and showed who the future is in and for the first time this feast has begun to be celebrated on April 23, 1929. Until 1979, April 23 Children’s Day was celebrated only throughout the country, since it is the only official holiday for children in the world that this holiday started to be celebrated on an international scale.

April 23 also bears the title of a national day of sovereignty. National will means that the future of the country must be formed in the domination and decision of the nation and must be completely independent of foreign powers. For this reason, the name of both the children and the national sovereignty was given on the opening day of the Assembly, which is one of the only symbols of the national will.