Turkey’s youth mark their national day amid growing discontent and calls for change - Turkish Minute

President Erdoğan stated that they are walking together with the youth for the ideal of a great and powerful Türkiye and said, “I wholeheartedly believe that the Turkish youth will leave their mark on the era we live in as the ‘Türkiye Century’.”

Turkey’s youth mark their national day amid growing discontent and calls for change - Turkish Minute

As Turkey celebrated its annual Youth and Sports Day on Monday, many young people found little to cheer about. The national holiday — which commemorates the start of Turkey’s War of Independence in 1919 and is dedicated to the country’s youth — was marked by official ceremonies and patriotic displays. But behind the festivities, Turkish youths are grappling with economic hardship and political disillusionment. Surveys show that nearly 60 percent…