Monday, April 23, 2012

Today is Children's Day in Turkey.We celeberated it with a lot of activities.
The 23rd April Children’s Festival a children’s festival which was gifted to Turkish children by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, to mark the opening of the Assembly. The festival has been celebrated internationally since 1979. The Children’s Festival was first celebrated in Turkey on 23 April 1920, when the Turkish Grand National Assembly was opened. The Festival intends to contribute creation of a world where children can live peacefully by developing sentiments of fraternity, love and friendship.(from Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Day_Festival
 

1 comment:

Mihaela Git said...

Congratulations for this important day and for your rich activities!