today is Republic Day (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Bayramı) in Turkey. The holiday commemorates the proclamation of the Turkish republic on October 29th 1923.
Following the defeat of the Ottomans in World War I, the allies occupied Turkey as part of the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.
An uprising of Turkish nationalists led to the Turkish war of independence (1919 -1923). The allies left Turkish regions in July 1923.
Mustafa Kemal, the leader of the Turkish troops was named the first president on October 29th 1923 when the First Grand National Assembly declared Türkiye to be a republic officially in the new capital, Ankara, at the First Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Building.
I have questions…
Bada Bing!!
I got thrown out of my local park after arranging the squirrels by height. They didn’t like my critter sizing.
The other day I went to a Rocky Mountain oyster fry. Everybody there had a ball.
After spending the holidays accurately measuring the height of all my relatives, I just can’t taller rate them anymore.
Someone told me in order to drive an electric car, you must possess a current driver’s license.
I used to have a job making certain chess pieces. I worked the knight shift.
A baby camel was born without a hump. His parents named him Humphrey.
Some people get weird as they get older. Not me, I’ve always been this way.
No need to thank me for accepting your friend request. We’ll both regret it soon enough.
Remember when plastic surgery was a taboo subject? Now you mention botox and no one raises an eyebrow.
The more time I spend with people, the more I understand why Noah allowed only animals on the ark.
I ran into a lamppost yesterday. Luckily, I only sustained light injuries.
The other night I told my daughter “Go to bed, even the cows are sleeping in the field.” She said, “So what’s that got to do with anything?” I replied, “That means it’s pasture bedtime.”
This just in: Unnamed sources say unconfirmed rumors have been totally substantiated by unverifiable facts.
Oh No! Clocks go back November 3rd, and I can’t remember where I bought mine from!
If someone tries to teach me geometry, I’m gonna do a 360 and walk the other way!
Men will vote republican for decades because they can’t accept light regulation on guns and then act astonished when women vote based on not wanting to die from sepsis.
Schools can’t even serve peanut butter cookies, but they’re doing secret gender reassignment surgery on students?
“He’s no Arnold Palmer.” — Stormy Daniels
Fun to watch, Evangelicals voting for a rapist who dances to gay music and talks about Arnold Palmer’s dick. What a role model.
Until tRUMP ran for president in 2016, I didn’t realize how many truly awful people there were in this country.
Against student loan forgiveness? Well, isn’t filing for bankruptcy 6 times just another name for “loan forgiveness.”
America is inching towards the metric system.
Today is the birthday, in 1944, of English musician, singer, songwriter Denny Laine who with The Moody Blues, had the 1965 UK No.1 & US No.10 single ‘Go Now’. Laine was a constant member of Wings for their entire run from 1971 to 1981, playing guitar, bass, keyboards, singing backing and lead vocals, and co-writing songs with Paul McCartney including the 1977 hit ‘Mull of Kintyre’. Laine died from interstitial lung disease in Naples, Florida, on 5 December 2023, at the age of 79. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap87QgZKTNw
