October 29th, The Republic Day

November 4, 2008


October 29th in Istanbul, Bagdat Street. We are celebrating our Republic Day....

(Wikipedia- On October 29, 1923, the Turkish constitution was amended and Turkey became a republic. This formally declared the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Republic Day (Cumhuriyet Bayramı) is celebrated throughout Turkey every year. Commemorative events usually begin in the afternoon on the previous day. )


4 comments:

Peter said...

Obviously a nice (and noisy) celebration! ... and you were out the whole night I presume!

GMG said...

Hi Seda! So glad to see you back!! It seems everybody had a great party there on Republic Day!! Like in the US tonight... ;))
Now, missed your comments at Blogtrotter, now departing Armenia. It leaves you however with a view that Tsar Nicholas didn’t see… ;))
Have a great week!

Seda said...

Of course I was out all night! There were lots of street concerts, I couldn't miss them :)
It was a great night! Although it was very crowded, not a single incident happened. People were out with their kids, singing, dancing.... It was very nice :)

babooshka said...

You learn so much blogging. Happy day to you.

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