Ceremonial Reception for the Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Türkiye

More+Events ♦ Published: August 31, 2023; 23:14 ♦ (Vindobona)

Given the Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Türkiye, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey, H.E. Ozan Ceyhun, and Military Attaché Colonel Serdar Mercan invited to a reception. The event took place at the Turkish Embassy in Vienna and also marked the first diplomatic meeting after the summer break.

The Turkish military sees itself as an integral factor of Kemalism. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons/ Dennis Jarvis/ Turkey-1658/ CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

The official part of the reception began with the reading of the welcome speech of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The message and significance of this speech, which was read on behalf of the Turkish Head of State, highlighted the importance of Armed Forces Day for the Republic of Türkiye.