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ANKARA - Turkish Daily News

The 81st anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey will be celebrated all around the country, foreign representations and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) on Friday, Oct. 29.

The festivities will begin today at 1 p.m. at the Land Forces War Academy, with the Governor's Office and Turkish Armed Services (TSK) laying wreaths at the Ataturk stutues located in Ulus, Parliament, Sihhiye and Ataturk Forestry Farm.

All state offices will display posters and flags featuring the Turkish flag or Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's portrait.

Representatives of the diplomatic core in Ankara will also lay a wreath at Ataturk's Mausoleum at 3 p.m. today.

The first ceremony on Oct. 29 will be held at Ataturk's Mausoleum at 8.45 a.m. by the top officials of the state, led by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer.

President Sezer will host the Republican Day Reception at Cankaya Palace on Oct. 29. Several organizations will also hold their annual republican day celebrations around Ankara.

Meanwhile, a group of Turkish models have gone to New York to participate in a fashion show hosted by the Turkish-American Associations Federation in honor of the anniversary.

All around the country, local municipality and state officials will hold celebrations in honor of the anniversary

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This sounds like a fun day, did anybody take any picas of the festivities??