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Canakkale

A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915

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Turkish Çanakkale Martyrs' Monument, Gallipoli

Çanakkale Şehitleri Abidesi

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Photos: Eric Goossens & Tim Kantar

The Memorial at night. "Mateship" is not only an Anzac trait.
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The statue at the Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı (Çanakkale Martyrs Memorial) based on a famous photograph (above, lower left) of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, then Lieutenant- Colonel Mustafa Kemal looking out over the battlefield from a trench at Anzac.

Panels on the wall behind the Ataturk statue.

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The wall at the Çanakkale Sehitleri Aniti (Çanakkale Martyrs Memorial) commemorating the service and sacrifice of the ordinary Turkish soldiers at the Battle of Çanakkale (Gallipoli Campaign) in 1915. 
From the entrance wall.

From the side of the memorial.

Photo - see caption below
 
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Graveyards of Gallipoli:  a Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915