Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays tribute to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, at a ceremony held in the Ataturk Mausoleum in the capital Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 30, 2019. Turkey marked on Friday the 97th anniversary of Victory Day, the day the Turks defeated the Greek forces at the Battle of Dumlupinar, the final battle of the Turkish War of Independence in 1922. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)