Occupied by the Greeks on May 15, 1919, Izmir gained its freedom on September 9, 1922. After that, the anniversaries of İzmir's liberation were celebrated enthusiastically every year. During the ceremonies held until the 1930s, attention was drawn to the meaning of September 9 and the struggle to keep the spirit of independence engraved in memories. After the Second World War, Turkey has passed a multi-party political life with democratization efforts, the period's most important opposition party, the Democrat Party was founded. One party this unprecedented political activity in Turkey until that day, the DP has resulted in taking the reins of power in 1950. While the political and social tensions and the events in foreign policy during its ten-year rule shaped the DP administration, these developments were also reflected in the celebration of the liberation holiday of Izmir. September 9 was determined by DP members as a method for establishing close contact with the public, and over time it became the focus of political conflicts. The passage of the victory regiment, which attracted great attention of the public, has turned into a show of power for the parties. The fact that the Cyprus issue became a national issue in the Turkish public in 1954 brought together the people of Izmir, who had been subjected to Greek occupation before, with the Turkish Cypriots, who were also subjected to Greek oppression, at the point of common destiny. Consequently, the celebration ceremonies held after that were mostly in the shadow of the Cyprus issue and in the form of support for this case. The celebrations held every year did not take place due to the September 6-7 events in 1955 and the martial law declared afterwards. The aim of this study is to deal with the liberation holiday celebrations of Izmir which were held during the DP period, in line with the developing political, social, economic and foreign political events of the period. The mood of the holiday was evaluated in line with the news and headlines in the national and local press.