ANZAC Day

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I just know that Mein Kampf is a bestseller i Turkey now and I don´t think that ANZAC men or their descendants feel themselves honoured by a quotation from the founder of that state.

Comment by Visitor on April 28, 2010 - 8:32am

Well can't speak for other descendants, but as an Australian with two ANZAC grandfathers - both wounded in France - I can never read those words of Attaturk's without tearing up. My brother has visited Anzac Cove at Gallipoli where the text is on the memorial to the Australian dead. As Churchill said: In victory, magnanimity. Good on Attaturk.

Comment by diablotakahe on May 1, 2010 - 3:06am

belatedly - i have a photo

belatedly - i have a photo of the Turkish wreath laid at the Auckland Cenotaph - how would i post that?

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Comment by diablotakahe on May 1, 2010 - 3:15am

Haven't been here for a

Haven't been here for a while.

That quote is an immensely powerful one, and has to be one of the reasons we view Turkey so differently in comparison to Germany or Japan. Turkey is seen as having shared a national tragedy, rather than as a former enemy once fought against tooth and claw.

Thanks for sharing it here.

Comment by Bob Newman on May 5, 2010 - 6:51am

AM: The Australian Embassy

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The Australian Embassy in Cairo, and soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand MFO contingents (with a Fijian bugler) put on an outstanding and memorable 2010 ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Commonwealth War Graves in Heliopolis. At the ceremony in Cairo, Ataturk's famous quote was read by the Turkish Ambassador (former Consul in Mosul) in English, and by my friend the Turkish Defense Attache in Turkish. An article and pictures are located at http://www.defence.gov.au/anzacday/2010/gallery/20100425ao/index.htm This site also has links to an explanation of ANZAC Day for those who are unfamiliar.

As an American who has served with Australian, New Zealand and Turkish soldiers, I think it is fitting to remember and thank them for their sacrifices, then and today.

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Comment by istanbul on November 13, 2011 - 11:29am

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To find the grave of my grandfather at Hill 60 at Gallipoli was the object of a weekend visit from Istanbul.We had booked through a tour operator there but a few days from departure from Sydney,I contacted them top confirm they would take us to Hill 60 and they said they do not go to that part of the peninsular on their tours.I cancelled right away and, luckily,in that weekend's newspaper's travel section was a letter from a person who had booked with directly in Istanbul so I emailed them and was told www.privatetoursinistanbul.com they could take us to Hill 60 at no extra cost.A coffee break half way after 2 1/2 hours allowed us to stretch our legs. On the final part of the 5 hour journey,a tape was played outlining the history of the Dardenelles-Gallipoli campaign in 1915. Upon arrival at the Maydos waterside restaurant we were given lunch on the terrace wirth a wonderful view across the Dardenelles then we were off to the Brighton Beach site (one beach south of Anzac Cove and we were shown large maps of the area nd our guide explained the topography and battles shown on the map and the sites we would be visiting that afternoon.After the rather complete and highly interesting afternoon tour which included a visit to the local museum, we were taken back to restaurant and boarded a cruiser for the short crossing of the Dardenelles to Cannakale.. This in itself was a bonus as one could view the Gallipoli peninsular and grasp the view which eluded so many in rthe 1915 campaign when only a few Australian soldiers reached the peaks and saw the Dardenelles which we were now crossing,only to be beaten back by the Turks under the leadership of Attaturk later reforming President of Turkey.Included in the tour was a Sunday morning tour of Troy- that most elusive and explored city which Homer wrote about some 1200 years BC with Helen, the beauty being kidnapped by Paris and the resulting Trojan War which saw Troy VI destroyed only to be rebuilt at least 5 more times! There is a wooden horse there now but the original is said to have been a seige engine. driver and a guide to go north to Hill 60 to find my grandfather's grave. Through some wheat fields and onto a low knoll and here we were- the first persons to ever visit his grave, front row extreme right hand end.Only 44 graves, some 930 all buried in common grave, the action was made up of left-overs from various regiments,Aussies,New Zealanders ,British in this, the last main battle of the campaign.They were all wiped out in 2 days. An Australian flag, some gum leaves and a red poppy we left on the grave stone- it is a lonely place,sad and gut wrenching when one sees the absolute wastage in human lives-Back to Istanbul on the coach with memories and a feeling that we had, at least fulfilled one of life's ambitions!

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