The İstiklâl Marşı (Independence March) is the Turkish National Anthem, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War of Independence, and as an anthem for a Republic that was yet to be established.
Penned by Mehmet Akif Ersoy and ultimately composed by Osman Zeki Üngör, the theme is one o...
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İstiklâl Marşı
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Osman Zeki Üngör
Osman Zeki Üngör (1880 – 1958) was a Turkish composer, violin virtuoso and lyricist, who served as the first conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Turkey.
Üngör further helped establish the State Conservatory of Turkey and served as its first headmaster, involving...
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