President Ersin Tatar attends the inauguration of the Contemporary Atatürk Photographs Exhibition
President Ersin Tatar has attended the inauguration of the Contemporary Atatürk Photographs Exhibition
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President Tatar explained that Mr Benazus, who had met Atatürk when he was seven years old on October 9, 1937 in Aydın, developed a passion for Atatürk, and began to collect photographs on him since the age of 17.
President Tatar said he was “honoured to meet Mr Benazus, who is known to be Türkiye’s largest photograph collector on Atatürk and an investigative writer”.
Mr Benazus spoke about the life of Atatürk, his own passion on him and his photographic collection, as well as the pivotal role Atatürk played in leading the Turkish War of Independence and the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye in 1923.