Kanlısırt Kitabesi describes the battle of Lone Pine from the Turkish viewpoint.
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Gallipoli Campaign Historic Site
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Lone Pine is perhaps the most moving of all the Anzac cemeteries. Australian forces captured the Turkish positions here on the afternoon of 6 August 1915…
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Chunuk Bair New Zealand Cemetery & Memorial
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Initial Anzac landing site on the ill-fated morning of 25 April 1915.
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Lone Pine is perhaps the most moving of all the Anzac cemeteries. Australian forces captured the Turkish positions here on the afternoon of 6 August 1915…
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Allied cemetery 200m from Lone Pine cemetery, accessed by a road that marks what was the thin strip of no-man's land between the Turkish and Allied…
3. Courtney's & Steele's Post Cemetery
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This Allied cemetery was near the frontline during 1915.
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Cemetery and monument for the Ottoman 57th Regiment. This regiment was led by Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk) and was responsible for halting the Anzac…
6. Mehmetçiğe Derin Saygı Anıtı
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Mehmetçiğe Derin Saygı Anıtı is dedicated to 'Mehmetçik' (Little Mehmet, the Turkish 'tommy' or 'digger'), who carried a Kiwi soldier to safety.
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The Kesikdere Cemetery contains the remains of 1115 Turkish soldiers from the 57th and other regiments.
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The Sergeant Mehmet Monument is dedicated to the Turkish sergeant who fought with rocks and his fists after he ran out of ammunition.