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Apr 13, 2015 · In Canberra, opposite the main entrance to the Australia War Memorial at the southwest corner of Fairbairn Avenue and ANZAC Parade is the Atatürk Memorial Garden, dedicated to the historical battle and to the present-day friendly ties which bind these nations.
The Kemal Atatürk Memorial is a memorial directly opposite the Australian War Memorial on Anzac Parade, the principal memorial and ceremonial parade in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
A famous piece of prose written by Atatürk as a tribute the ANZAC soldiers, that is, the troops from Australia and New Zealand who fought at the 1915 allied landing at Gallipoli. This passage is featured in the ceremony for ANZAC day, held on the 25th of April every year.
Oct 25, 2016 · When the Australian Acting Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Gordon Scholes, spoke on Anzac Day, as the Memorial was unveiled, he said, ‘The inscription on the memorial is Atatürk’s own moving tribute to those Anzacs who did not return from Gallipoli’.
Apr 28, 2016 · The British-led troops, including the ANZACs, withdrew from Gallipoli on 9 January 2016. Mustapha Kemal went on to become the founding President of the modern Turkish Republic in 1923, ruling the country until his death in 1938. He delivered the ANZAC Memorial in 1934.
Jan 30, 2015 · The garden commemorates the heroism and self-sacrifice of both the ANZAC and Turkish troops that took part in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 during World War One.
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Kemal Ataturk commanded the Turkish forces at Gallipoli and later became the founder and first president of modern Turkey. This memorial honours him, as well as the heroism and sacrifice of both the Anzac and Turkish troops who took part in the bitterly fought campaign.
