Any interesting travel story for you now! Though the airport could probably have put up signs or have an announcement to help people who may not be familiar understand what’s going on.

After checking with the agents on her chair, we were walking around the airport, which is HUGE, and we enter a shop. Sirens begin to wail and everyone stops in their tracks, arms to their side and turn in various directions looking like statues. IT SCARED THE DAYLIGHT OUT OF US! I lower my arms to my side also and turn towards whatever we should be looking at- once it is all over, I finally see what it is, and my blood and heart are on fire. Are we about to be bombed? Is their an attack on its way? My son is so far away, how will he survive!?

The sirens continue for what seems like forever and I turn to the store clerk and mouth to her “Is everything ok?” She briefly looks at me, mouths back, “We are ok” and back to her statue. So I maintain my statue and then after another couple of wails from the siren, the anthem begins.

I can’t think of a time where I was EVER more afraid for my life. I later realize we had turned toward the flag, but it was just out of view from where I was standing.

Thank you again for this post.

Im Turkish, and it happens every year, especially in Ankara where he is laid to rest. It is very well known.

This happens every 10th November at 09:05 A.M.

It is definitely every year – surprised you missed it, especially in those two cities!