Turkey celebrates 86th National Day at luncheon reception
Charge d’Affaires and Mrs. Orhan Yalman Okan of the Republic of Turkey hosted a luncheon reception at the Hotel Shilla in Seoul on Oct. 29, 2009 to celebrate the 86th anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. It was a beautiful day with comfortable temperature and many of the guests enjoyed the fresh air at the inner garden of the Emerld Room as well as inside.
The celebration began with the National Anthem of the Republic of Korea followed by the National Anthem of the Republic of Turkey.
Turkey is a special country to Korea as the country was among the countries sending the largest number of combat troops to Korea to fight on the side of the Republic of Korea Army for the defense of freedom and democracy from the North Korean and Chinese invasion forces. Speaking to the guests, Charge d’Affaires Okan said that Korea and his country shared a special relationship of cooperation in that Turkey, in addition to its sending combat personnel to Korea during the Korean War, maintained close ties of cooperation in the economic and various other fields. He particularly noted that Korea was the second largest trade partner of Turkey in the Northeast Asian region.
The speech was beautifully interpreted by the Korean lady staffer of the Turkish Embassy for the benefit of the Korean guests. Beside her was a little young lady, obviously the daughter of an Embassy personnel, who wore beautiful Koran Hanbok and attracted the attention of the guests.
Among the guests in attendance from Korean society were National Assemblywomen Cho Bae-Sook (DP) and Lee Yong-Kyung (Creative Korea Party), Chairmen Kap-Chong Chi of the UN Korean War Allies Association and
Lee Kyung-sik of The Korea Post, President Hwijae Lee of Korea Importers Association, Professors Kenny Y.S. Seung of Kyung Hee University (concurrently president of Insulation Korea) and Chong-Jin Oh of Hankuk University of Foreign Affairs, President Dal-Suck Choi of LS Trading Co.
From the Seoul Diplomatic Corps came many ambassadors accompanied by their wives and other senior diplomats, including military attaches. Among them were Ambassadors Vitali V. Fen of Uzbekistan (dean of Seoul Diplomatic Corps), Soukthavone Keola of the Lao Republic, Issam Mostapha of Lebanon, Murad Ali of Pakistan, Skand Ranjan Tayal of India, Mohamed Salah Eldin
Abbas of Sudan, Rabah Hadid of Algeria, Chua Thai Keong of Singapore, Abdulla Muhammad Al Maainah of the United Arab Emirates, Muteb Al-Mutoteh of Kuwait and Dato Haji Harun Haji Isamail of Brunei Darussalam.
There also were Mission Heads Mustafa M. Taufik of Iraq and Masaoud Alghali of Libya, and Counsellor Khalid A. Abel of Qatar.
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