MINISTER TEKİN ATTENDS THE GALA OF THE THEATER PLAY ABOUT THE NATIONAL STRUGGLE CALLED "TOWARDS THE REPUBLIC"
Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin attended the gala in Ankara of the theater play called "Towards the Republic", organized by the Ministry of National Education within the scope of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the republic.
25 Kasım 2023 22:23
With the participation of Minister Yusuf Tekin, The theater play about the War of Independence called "Towards the Republic", opened its curtains at Ankara MEB Şura Stage with its huge cast consisting of 70 people.
Minister Tekin, came on stage after the play that received a standing ovation from the audience congratulated the entire team by presenting gifts and flowers.
The play, which tells the story of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades in arms, starting the War of Independence with the strong support of the Turkish nation and the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye is written and directed by Bora Severcan. The original music of the play was composed by Selim Atkan. The supervisor of the play is Assoc. Prof. Dr. İbrahim Sarıtaş.
Serdar Yeğin, Gülen Karman, Erhan Yazıcıoğlu, Ahmet Yenilmez, Zuhal Yalçın, Levent Özdilek, Şebnem Özinal, Ziya Kürküt, Sefa Zengin, Yiğit Yapıcı and Volkan Severcan play the starring role of the play telling the heroic story of the War of Independence and the Republic of Türkiye.
Subject: "Sovereignty rests unconditionally with the nation!"
The play begins with a teacher explaining to his 10-year-old student Ali how the republic was declared. In the process that continued with Mustafa Kemal Pasha and his comrades establishing the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye in Ankara, how the heroes of the War of Independence won the War of Independence by fighting the Turkish nation as one fist, to the last drop of their blood, and how Mustafa Kemal Atatürk declared the Republic is discussed.
After Ankara, the play will be shown in the following cities and dates:
November 28, Samsun, at 19.00
December 1, Ordu, at 19.00
December 3, Trabzon, at 19.00
December 4, Erzurum, at 19.00
December 5, Sivas, at 19.00
December 6, Tokat, at 19.00
December 11, Izmir, at 15.00 and at 19.00
December 18, Istanbul, at 15.00 and at 19.00
The Play Info:
Written & Directed by: Bora Severcan
Supervisor: Assoc. Dr. İbrahim Sarıtaş
Music: Selim Atakan
Choreography: Özgür Adam İnanç & Serhat Güdül
Decoration & Costume Design: Özlem Topuz
Lighting Design: Yakup Çartik
The Cast
Mustafa Kemal Pasha: Serdar Yeğin
Teacher: Gülen Karaman
Fevzi Pasha: Erhan Yazıcıoğlu
Rauf Bey: Volkan Severcan
Hamdullah Suphi Bey: Ahmet Yenilmez
Lord Curson: Levent Özdilek
Ali: Ömer Faruk Çalışkan
Mrs. Zübeyde: Zuhal Yalçın
Börekçizade Rıfat Efendi: Sefa Zengin
İsmet Pasha: Yiğit Yapıcı
Refet Bele: Ziya Kürküt
Şerif Bey: İbrahim Raci Öksüz
Damat Ferid Pasha: Özdemir Çiftçioğlu
French Diplomat: Emin And
Kazim Pasha: Umut Temizaş
Halide Edip: Özge İnce
Makbule: Gülçin Gülrek
Mehmet Akif: Ferdi Alver
Woman: Özge İnce
Yağver (counterpart): Ümit İlban
Kara Fatma: Şebnem Özinal
Ali the Sergeant: Ümit İlban
Journalist 1: Onur Tamer
Journalist 2: Deniz Bice
Journalist 3: Nejat Yıldız
