Songs, poems, folk dances, small shows, without forgetting a great moment of conviviality around Anatolian culinary specialties. The Turkish community of Pau celebrated this Sunday, May 5, the 104e “National Sovereignty and Children’s Day” at the Hameau social center. This holiday commemorates each year (April 23) the constitution of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1920.
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“A message of hope”
The opportunity to honor the memory of its founder and president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who decided at the time to dedicate this day to children. “Connecting this very symbolic and political moment to youth constitutes a message of hope in these somewhat troubled times”, believes Jean-François Maison, departmental councilor of the Pau 2 canton who underlines “the very good integration” of the Turkish community in Pau. “And everywhere in Europe,” adds Ayşe Şebnem Manav, the Turkish consul in Bordeaux who congratulated the Franco-Turkish associations for their work.
The children recited poems and songs at the Hameau social center.
Benoit Rouzaud
More than a hundred people attended this event co-organized by the Turkish cultural and sports association of Pau as well as parents of students from the private school of Turkish courses offered at the Henri-Lapuyade school.
