Turkey marks May 19th Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
Turkey celebrated May 19th Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day shortly after the country entered a gradual normalization period following the national COVID-19 lockdown that ended on May 17.
Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu visited the resting place of the republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on May 19, leaving a wreath and writing in the visitor's book to mark national Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day.