Turkiye on Thursday commemorated the 84th anniversary of the passing of the country’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, SIA refers to Anadolu Agency.
People came to a halt for two minutes' contemplation to pay their respects to the deeply revered first president of the Republic.
At 9.05 a.m. (0605GMT) sirens wailed to mark the exact moment of his death at the age of 57 across the country.
Around the country, people stopped in the streets or stood silently at their workplaces to remember Ataturk.
At the Anitkabir mausoleum overlooking the capital Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was among those to lay a wreath at Ataturk's resting place.
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli, Vice President Fuat Oktay, and Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop also took part in the annual ceremony alongside other senior politicians and military officers.
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