Suyataği Anıtı

Gallipoli Peninsula


Mustafa Kemal, leader of the Ottoman 57th Regiment, spent the night of 9 August here, directing part of the counterattack to the Allied offensive. Suyataği Anıtı is past the Talat Göktepe Monument; at the top of the hill, take a right turn at the T-junction.


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1. Conkbayırı Atatürk Anıtı

0.31 MILES

The Conkbayırı Atatürk Anıt is a huge statue of the Turkish hero, Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk), leader of the Ottoman 57th Regiment.

3. Talat Göktepe Monument

0.48 MILES

This is a monument to a more recent casualty of Gallipoli: Talat Göktepe, chief director of the Çanakkale Forestry District, who died fighting the…

4. Düztepe Monument

0.79 MILES

The Düztepe Monument marks the spot where the Ottoman 10th Regiment held the line. Views of the Dardanelles and the surrounding countryside are superb…

5. Mesudiye Topu

0.96 MILES

Mesudiye Topu is an Ottoman cannon. The weapon was used to defend the Dardanelles from incursions by French warships in March 1915.

6. Baby 700 Cemetery

0.99 MILES

Named after its height above sea level in feet, Baby 700 was the limit of the initial Allied attack, and the graves here are mostly dated 25 April. It's…

7. Kesikdere Cemetery

1.16 MILES

The Kesikdere Cemetery contains the remains of 1115 Turkish soldiers from the 57th and other regiments.

8. Nek

1.17 MILES

On the morning of 7 August 1915, the 8th (Victorian) and 10th (Western Australian) Regiments of the third Light Horse Brigade vaulted out of their…