"October 29: National Day of Turkey
Her Excellency Mrs. Solmaz Unaydin, The Ambassador of Turkey to JapanToday, we are very pleased to be commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
Turkey and Japan, which are situated, one on the very western and the other on the very eastern banks of the Historical Silk Route, have traditionally good relations since the 19th century dating back to the early contacts between the Ottoman and Meiji Empires. "
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