15,000 Students March in Ankara

Starting from in front of the National Education Ministry’s Besevler Council Salon, the march finished at Anitkabir, founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s Mausoleum.

Disabled children and elementary school students wearing traditional Central Anatolian folkloric costumes led the procession.

A ceremony was held in Anitkabir as the march concluded.

Minister of Education Huseyin Celik, Ankara Governor Yahya Gur, Provincial National Education Director Murat Bey Balta, Kecioren Municipality Mayor Turgut Altinok, district education directors, teachers, and students attended the ceremony.
After the standing ovation, Minister Celik laid a wreath with red and white flowers. Celik then signed Anitkabir’s special notebook.