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The Graveyards
of Gallipoli; A Digger
History Associate Site |
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A Tribute
to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of
1915 |
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The Chunuk Bair Turkish Soldier's
Memorial, Gallipoli Turkey
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Conkbayırı
Mehmetçik Kitabeleri |
No A-12 |
Photos: Eric Goossens |
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5 monoliths with part of the history written in Turkish. Below each one
is an English translation. The 5 monoliths have been described as the 5
fingers of a hand reaching towards heaven. The translations are
reproduced verbatim. |
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19th
Infantry division Commander, Staff Lt. Col. Mustafa Kemal (Attaturk)
when learned the enemy landing on 25 April 1915 with his initiative has
moved 57th infantry regiment to the area, and at the meantime with a
bayonet assault carried out by a few soldiers whose ammunition was
finished and have been covering the shoreline but was able to gain some
time to position the regiment thus halted the enemy at Conkbayiri. |
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Mustafa
Kemal "Ataturk" on the morning of 25 April 1915, when starting
the assault with the 57th division against the enemy at Conkbayiri has
given the following order: "I'm not ordering you to assault but
ordering you to die, during the time of our death new replacement forces
could arrive, and some other commander may be in charge". With such
enthusiasm the Mehmetok's sprang into assault under the concentrated and
effective firings of the fleet, have pushed back the enemy until
Cesarattepe. |
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The
enemy forces at Ariburnu with the reinforcement received have started
the assault more powerfully towards Conkbayin on 6 August 1915. at the
end of the bloody war which lasted without interruption for two days and
nights both sides have suffered heavy casualties, but the Turkish forces
were successful to check the enemy by 25 meters off to Conkbayiri line
at the evening of 9 August 1915. |
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In
the morning of 10th August 1915 the Turkish counter attack has started
by bayonets as the trenches were very close. The theater of war has
become hellish by the concentrated enemy firings, the life of Mustafa
Kemal, the Group Commander of Anafartalar who did not leave the
observation post for a single moment, was saved by his pocket watch
which has been pierced by a shrapnel piece, and the enemy was pushed
back until Agidere as the result of the assult. |
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The
continous enemy assaults with the aim to secure the most important
region of the Gelibolu Peninsular and the Conkbayiri Summit. thus to
halve the the Turkish forces to occupy the Straights of Dardanelles
(Canakkale) have failed as a result of the defense actions carried out
by the brave Turkish Soldiers courage and enthusiasm. At the wars in
this region the Turkish Army had 9,200 martyrs. The enemy loss was
12,000. |
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