28/10/2013
On 29 October 1923, Mustafa Kemal declared that Turkey would be a republic and renamed it as the Republic of Turkey.
Turkey had effectively been a republic from April 23, 1920 (the establishment of Grand National Assembly of Turkey) but official recognition of this came only 3 years later. On 29 October 1923, the new name of the nation and its status as a republic was declared. After that, a vote occurred in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Atatürk was selected as the 1st president of the Republic of Turkey by unanimous vote.
Since then, every year on October 29 is celebrated as Republic Day in Turkey . And the best place to be part of the celebration is the Bosphorus bridge or know as for the Turk where there will be an Amazing show of Fire works starting for 07:30 pm so Check-in İstanbul in Bosphorus ( İSTaNBuL BoĞaZI ) .
P.S : Try to be there earlier to get a great place .