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Türkiye celebrates Victory Day
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- 30 August, 2026
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Türkiye is celebrating Victory Day today, Report informs.
The holiday marks the decisive victory at Dumlupınar on August 30, 1922, concluding the war led by Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Atatürk that began on August 26.
This victory prevented the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire-which had emerged defeated from World War I-by enemy nations. It is considered the most crucial phase of the Turkish War of Independence, which lasted from 1919 to 1922.
First observed in 1923, Victory Day was officially declared a national holiday in 1926. August 30 is also celebrated as Turkish Armed Forces Day.
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