Numan Kurtulmus pays tribute to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Havana

Havana, May 9.- Numan Kurtulmus, president of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, paid tribute to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first president of this Eurasian Republic.

Accompanied by Homero Acosta Álvarez, secretary of the Cuban Parliament, he placed a wreath before the bust of the Turkish hero, located on Avenida del Puerto in Old Havana, on whose base it reads: Peace in the country, peace in the world.

When this monument was inaugurated in 2008 in the very heart of the Cuban capital, Eusebio Leal, Historian of the City of Havana, highlighted his satisfaction with this work, as a continuous appeal to the memory of those who build and build the present and the future.

Also present at the tribute were the Turkish deputies Murat Emir; Filiz Kilic; Selman Özboyaci, president of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Cuba; and Ahmet Gökhan Sariçam; as well as Vehbi Esgel Etensel, ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye in Havana.

Jesús Rafael Mora González, director of International Relations of the Cuban legislature, also participated on the Cuban side; Jorge Luis Alfonzo Ramos, deputy director of Europe and Canada at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; among other directors of the National Assembly. (Text and photos: Digital Workers)