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19 May Atatürk Commemoration, Youth and Sports Day is a national holiday that symbolizes the day Mustafa Kemal Paşa began the National Struggle by arriving in Samsun on 19 May 1919 and has been celebrated since 1938 as “Atatürk Commemoration, Youth and Sports Day” in honor of Turkish youth. The date of 19 May 1919 is one of the turning points in the process that began with Mustafa Kemal Paşa’s appointment as Inspector of the 9th Army. His departure from Istanbul on 16 May and arrival in Samsun o