Atatürk commemoration conference in Hacettepe: 'There is a lot of work but life is short'

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of our Republic, will be commemorated with a program to be held at Hacettepe University on the 88th anniversary of his death. Within the scope of the program announced by the university, historian Prof. Dr. Hikmet Özdemir will speak at the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Conference Hall in Beytepe Campus on Tuesday, November 10.

'THERE IS LOTS OF WORK BUT LIFE IS SHORT'

Özdemir's conference titled "There is a Lot of Work, but Life is Short" will start at 09.30. The title of the conference was also included in the poster prepared by Hacettepe University for the November 10 Atatürk Commemoration Program, along with Atatürk's black and white portrait.

Atatürk, who led the War of Independence and became the first president of the Republic of Türkiye, died at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul at 09.05 on November 10, 1938. Atatürk's body was transferred from Ankara Ethnography Museum to Anıtkabir on November 10, 1953.