On August 30, a Victory Day concert was held at the Presidential Complex with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, where the anthem prepared for the 100th anniversary of the Republic was performed for the first time.
The contest for the best anthem was organized by the Communications Department of the President of the Russian Federation and the text written by Ilker Kemurcu was recognized as the best, won first place and was honored to be performed at the Victory Day concert.
By the way, the third place in the contest was won by Mehmet Ibis, a resident of Alanya, assistant director of the Lyceum "15 Temmuz Şehitler Anadolu Lisesi", who was personally awarded by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The text of the anthem for Victory Day:
"Parlayan yıldızı Anadolu'nun.
Çağlayan sel gibi şanlı ulusun
Türkiye Yüzyılı titretiyor dünyayı
Sarsılmaz bir inançla kalpte tutkusun
Bu toprak bu deniz bu bayrak bizim
Tarihe sığmayan destanlar bizim
Türklüğün yazgısı yazılıyor koynunda
Kalplere kazınmış bu vatan bizim
Yüzyıllarca kutlanacak Cumhuriyetimiz
Her zaman aydınlık mavi göklere uzanacak ellerimiz
Yüzyıllarca kutlanacak Cumhuriyetimiz
Gazi'nin açtığı bu kutlu yolda yürüyeceğiz hepimiz
Özgürlük tutkusu damarlarımda
Çelikten her nefer semalarımda
Sarmaşık dal gibi sarılmışız biz bize
Tek yürek bu millet en zor anında
Düşmanlar bir olsa yağsa göklerden
Denizler köpürse taşsa dağlardan
Kimseye eğmedik boynumuzu eğmeyiz
Kahraman yarattı Türk'ü yaratan
Yüzyıllarca kutlanacak Cumhuriyetimiz
Her zaman aydınlık mavi göklere uzanacak ellerimiz
Yüzyıllarca kutlanacak Cumhuriyetimiz
Gazi'nin açtığı bu kutlu yolda yürüyeceğiz hepimiz."
"The shining star of Anatolia,
Your glorious nation is like a rushing stream.
The age of Turkey makes the world tremble
With passion in its heart and unwavering faith.
This land, this sea, this flag is ours.
The fate of the Turkish people, written in history,
Written in our hearts.
This homeland engraved on our hearts is ours.
Our republic will be glorified for centuries to come,
Our hands will always reach for the blue skies,
Our Republic will be glorified forever,
We will follow this blessed path opened to us by Ataturk.
The passion for freedom is in my veins,
The sky is like a steel shield for me
We are joined together like ivy branches.
This nation with one heart in the most difficult moment.
If enemies were united, if it rained from the sky.
If the seas were foaming and the mountains were falling.
We have not bowed our necks to anyone and we won't.
Ataturk united our heroic people,
Our republic will be glorified for centuries to come.
Our hands will always reach for the blue skies.
Our Republic will be glorified forever.
We will follow this blessed path opened to us by Ataturk."