Today is 10 Kasım (November 10th), which is another special day for Türkiye. Why? Because it is the anniversary of Atatürk's death. It sounds depressing, but it is actually a celebration of the life of the first president of Türkiye.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in 1881 and he died in 1938, when he was 57 years old. If he were alive today, he would be 125 years old. At 9:00 this morning, my entire school lined up outside in order to get ready for the minute of silence that happens at 9:05, which is the time that he died. Also at that time, all the traffic stops and all of the cars in Türkiye sound their horns. After that, we sang the İstiklal Marşı (the national anthem) and raised the Turkish flag to half-mast, which is how all the flags in Türkiye were flown today.
At the end of the day, there was a short assembly during which a movie about Atatürk was shown. All in all, it was a very interesting day and I am glad to have experienced it.

İyi hafta sonları (have a good weekend everyone!)