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PM extends greetings on Turkish Republic Day

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday extended greetings to the leadership and the people of Turkey as the country celebrated 97th Republic Day.

“Warm felicitations to leadership and people of Turkey on 97th Republic Day,” the prime minister wrote on Twitter, saying the forefathers of Pakistan stood by the Turkish people in their glorious struggle against forces of imperialism.

“In contemporary times, our two countries remain indispensable partners. Long live Pakistan-Turkey brotherhood!,” he remarked.

The official proclamation of the Turkish Republic by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk took place on October 29, 1923. The Turkish Grand National Assembly also voted unanimously to elect the founding father as the republic’s first president.

Since then, Turkey celebrates Republic Day on October 29 every year.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.