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Hundreds of Turkish visitors gathered outside the house-museum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Thessaloniki on Tuesday to mark the 88th anniversary of the death of the founder of the modern Turkish Republic.

Visitors began arriving early in the morning at the building at the intersection of Apostolou Pavlou and Agiou Dimitriou streets, widely recognized as Ataturk’s birthplace, to pay tribute to his memory.

According to estimates by tourism officials, between 2,000 and 2,500 Turkish visitors were expected to travel to Thessaloniki for the commemorative events.

The ceremony began at 9:05 a.m., the time Ataturk died on Nov. 10, 1938, at the age of 57. As part of the commemorations, dozens of Turkish students sang traditional Turkish songs.