Memorial Card

Commemorative Card: The Bandırma Keepsake Ticket

The steamer Bandırma departed Istanbul (Galata) on the evening of 16 May 1919 and reached Samsun on the morning of 19 May 1919 — the start of the National Struggle. Decision No. 40 adopts 19–25 May as the week; the proposed implementation framework opens on 19 May; the institutional date of the week is 19–25 May. Below you may generate a symbolic keepsake ticket in commemoration of the voyage: the first name and surname are written on the ticket only; nothing is recorded or transmitted. The design changes with each generation. The ticket is not a historical document.