A nation's destiny was determined 106 years ago in Sivas. Under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Pasha, delegates from all over the country met at the Sivas Congress to lay out the roadmap for the National Struggle. At the congress, which convened on September 4, 1919, the mandate and protectorate were rejected, and the foundation of the Republic was laid.
On Thursday, September 4, 1919, at 2:00 PM, Mustafa Kemal Pasha and the accompanying delegation held the Sivas Congress where the foundations of the Republic of Türkiye were laid in what is now the Atatürk and Congress Museum building.
