Turkey marks 99th anniversary of Victory Day

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, main opposition CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener and MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli on Aug. 30 visited Anıtkabir, Atatürk's mausoleum, on the 99th anniversary of National Victory Day.

Anadolu Agency / Duvar English - Turkey on Aug. 30 celebrated the 99th anniversary of Victory Day, which commemorates the end of Turkey's Independence War in the Battle of Dumlupınar in 1922.

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