SHOTLIST: ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (MAY 19, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CARRYING TURKISH FLAGS, VISITING ATATURK’S MAUSOLEUM 2. VARIOUS OF CHILDREN WAVING TURKISH FLAGS 3. SOLDIER ON GUARD 4. CLOSE UP OF TURKISH FLAG ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE (MAY 19, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 5. PEOPLE OBSERVING MOMENT OF SILENCE 6. PEOPLE SINGING TURKISH NATIONAL ANTHEM 7. VARIOUS OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND NGOs LAYING WREATHS AT ATATURK MONUMENT SAMSUN, TÜRKİYE (MAY 19, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 8. PEOPLE HOLDING FLAGS AND OBSERVING MOMENT OF SILENCE 9. PEOPLE SINGING TURKISH NATIONAL ANTHEM (TWO SHOTS) 10. PEOPLE POSING FOR PHOTO BEFORE ATATURK MONUMENT IZMIR, TÜRKİYE (MAY 19, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 11. VARIOUS OF FOLK DANCES AND SPORT SHOWS 12. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CARRYING FLAGS / PARTICIPANTS WATCHING PERFORMANCES 13. PEOPLE CARRYING TURKISH FLAGS / BALLOONS BEING RELEASED INTO SKY (TWO SHOTS) 14. PEOPLE CARRYING HUGE TURKISH FLAGANKARA, TÜRKİYE - MAY 19, 2025 / ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE - MAY 19, 2025 / SAMSUN, TÜRKİYE - MAY 19, 2025 / IZMIR, TÜRKİYE - MAY 19, 2025: Türkiye marks on Monday, May 19, the Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day, with nationwide events. Provinces nationwide are set to host vibrant celebrations on May 19, with major cities like Istanbul and Ankara already marking the occasion with early events. May 19, 1919, was the day when Ataturk, who was later the founder of the Republic of Türkiye, arrived in the Black Sea city of Samsun from Istanbul to launch the war that four years later transformed the nation into modern Türkiye. In 1938, Ataturk dedicated May 19 to the youth of the Turkish nation as Youth and Sports Day -- a national holiday that sees young people take part in sporting and cultural activities with official ceremonies across the country.