# The Republic turns 103

> 103 years ago today, the Republic of Türkiye was proclaimed. Happy Republic Day.

URL: https://iamcanturk.dev/en/shorts/cumhuriyet-103-yasinda/
Pixel Shorts #15 · October 29, 2026 · on this day

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**In short:** The Republic of Türkiye was proclaimed on 29 October 1923 and turns 103 on 29 October 2026. On the same date in 1969, the internet's first message was sent: it was meant to be "login", but only "LO" got through before the system crashed.

The evening of October 28, a dinner at Çankaya. Nutuk (Atatürk's Great Speech) records that moment like this: tomorrow we will proclaim the Republic.


## What's in the video?
103 years ago today, the Republic of Türkiye was proclaimed. Happy Republic Day. The evening of October 28, a dinner at Çankaya. Nutuk (Atatürk's Great Speech) records that moment like this: "Tomorrow we will proclaim the Republic!" The next day, on October 29, 1923, the Assembly proclaimed the Republic. In his 10th Anniversary Speech, he set the goal: "We will raise our national culture above the level of contemporary civilization." In the same speech, he named what lights the way: "…the torch it holds in its hand and in its mind is positive science." A coincidence: on October 29, 1969, the first message of the internet was sent. The word to send was login. L and O went through, then the system crashed. The internet's first word was LO. With respect, we remember Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who opened this path, and our heroes. Tomorrow: someone on the phone says they're the police and tells you to move your money to a safe account.