The document discusses 19 May, the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, an annual Turkish national holiday. It commemorates Mustafa Kemal's landing at Samsun on 19 May 1919, seen as the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence. Atatürk proclaimed 19 May as "Youth and Sports Day" to honor the country's founder. On this day, youths sing, recite poems, do parades and sports, and perform folk dances and plays to commemorate Atatürk and the beginning of Turkey's national struggle for independence in 1919 leading to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. The school celebrated this day on 19th May 2015.