The date first gained status as an occasion for official celebrations in 1953, and the first re-enactment of the conquest was staged in 1996, during the mayoralty of current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Taj datum je 1953. godine stekao status dana za zvaničnu proslavu, a prva dramatizacija osvajanja izvedena je 1996, za vreme gradonačelničkog mandata sadašnjeg premijera Redžepa Tajipa Erdogana.