On the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the acceptance of the İstiklal Marşı on March 12, the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Commemoration Day and the celebration program for the acceptance of the İstiklal Marşı, was held on March 12, 2022, at the MAKÜ conference hall. The program held at the MAKÜ Conference Hall was attended by our school's Head of the Hotel Restaurant Catering Services Department Lecturer Anıl Örnek, our school's Culinary Program instructor Lecturer Engin Pulluk, Tourism Management and Hotel Management School instructor Lecturer İlhan Avcu, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Geography Department faculty member Assoc. Prof. İlker Yiğit, Faculty of Education Faculty Members; Dr. Lecturer Mehmet Sait Korkmaz, Dr. Lecturer Kenan Demir, Dr. Lecturer Samet Demirkaya, directors of public institutions, representatives of non-governmental organizations, political party representatives, students, and citizens.

On the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the acceptance of the İstiklal Marşı on March 12 and the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Commemoration Day, a commemoration program was organized by our school's student community, History Science and Economics Community, Poetry Community, Project Community, and MAKÜ Red Crescent Community.

The program, which started with the İstiklal Marşı read after a moment of silence, continued with the reading of messages, followed by an opening speech by Young Red Crescent President Osman Nuri Utku, and then a speech on the meaning and importance of the day was made by our School Deputy Director and at the same time our school's History Science and Economics Community Academic Advisor Lecturer Uğur Tozkoparan. In his speech, Lecturer Uğur TOZKOPARAN emphasized that in order to fully understand the İstiklal Marşı, the conditions of the period in which it was written must be well known, and after providing information about the conditions of the period in which the İstiklal Marşı was written and Akif's activities during the National Struggle period, he concluded his speech with the words, “The line in our İstiklal Marşı, 'I will tear the mountains, I cannot fit into the vastness, I will overflow,' always reminds me of our ancestors who even melted mountains in the Ergenekon legend. The national struggle period is also a national epic like Ergenekon, and this epic is fully reflected to us with our İstiklal Marşı. On this occasion, I commemorate with mercy and gratitude our national poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy, the command echelon of the national struggle period, our unnamed heroes, and our martyrs who sacrificed their lives for our dear homeland.”

Following the speeches, the program continued with a slide show depicting scenes from the life of Mehmet Akif Ersoy, poems from Safahat were recited, and an oratorio performance depicting the birth of our İstiklal Marşı was presented. The ceremony ended with the awarding of prizes to the students who ranked in the composition competition.