Atatürk’ün Ankara’ya Gelişinin 107. Yılı Ankara Türküleri ve Seğmenler

About this event

Ankara Türküleri ve Seğmenler is a concert at CSO Ada Ankara on Sunday 13 December 2026 at 19:00 in the Tarihi Salon, marking the 107th anniversary of Atatürk's arrival in Ankara. According to the venue, Ankara folk songs (türküler) will be performed and a seğmen folk dance group will give a show. The concert is directed by Yavuz Şanlı and presented by Betül Buzluk, with Özlem Taşdemir Paşa and Emel Aksu also named on the programme. Mustafa Kemal Paşa arrived in Ankara on 27 December 1919. The Atatürk Encyclopedia describes how the townspeople prepared from the morning with drums and zurnas, how a large Seymen Alayı (seğmen procession) lined the approach roads, including the Dikmen and Çankaya vineyards, and how Mustafa Kemal got down from his carriage to greet the Seymen efes and shake their hands. He then lived at the Ziraat Mektebi (agricultural school) until 23 April 1920, when the new parliament opened in Ankara. The Tarihi Salon is one of the halls of CSO Ada Ankara, the concert complex that is home to the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, on Talatpaşa Bulvarı in the Opera quarter of Altındağ. Practical notes: tickets are sold through Biletinial, which the venue links from its event page.

• CSO Ada Ankara event pageChecked 2026-11-11
• Ataturk Ansiklopedisi - Mustafa Kemal Pasa arrival in Ankara 1919Checked 2026-11-11