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Engraved forever at ANZAC Cove are these words from Kemal Ataturk, the Commander of the Turkish 19th Division during the Gallipoli Campaign and the first President of the Turkish Republic from 1924-1938. “Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives. You are now living in the soil of a friendly country therefore rest in peace.
Engraved forever at ANZAC Cove (see image below) are these words from Kemal Ataturk, the Commander of the Turkish 19th Division during the Gallipoli Campaign and the first President of the Turkish Republic from 1924-1938: Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives.
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The 600 metre-long cove, surrounded by headlands (one of which known as Hell Spit), became famous when ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops landed there in April 1915. The troops’ first priority was to set up a protected area of beach where supplies and troops could land. The cove was also within 1 kilometre of the front-line and th...
Over a century since troops landed at Anzac Cove, the now quiet rugged coastline is a reflectivespot for visitors interested in the history of World War One. The trenches still exist at the cove’s neck. Just around the corner from where the ANZAC troops landed there is a memorial cemetery. It is worth hiring a local tour guide to give you a fuller ...
The easiest way to reach Anzac Cove is driving from Canakkale via the D550 and E87, which takes 48 minutes.
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ANZAC Cove. Anzac Cove ( Turkish: Anzak Koyu) is a small cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. It became famous as the site of World War I landing of the ANZACs ( Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) on 25 April 1915. The cove is 600 metres (2,000 ft) long, bounded by the headlands of Arıburnu to the north and Little Arıburnu, known as ...
NLA item 3791, A1861/1. Anzac Beach at 6am April 25th 1915 National Archives of Australia item 3791, A1861/1. This photograph is thought to be the earliest image taken at the landing. Captain Harry Davies went ashore with the 15th Battalion on 25 April 1915 and took this photograph at the landing.
ANZAC Cove is a place mostly known to Australian, New Zealand, British, Indian and of course Turkish people as the site of an amphibious landing in the First World War. As such it has a certain resonance for historically minded people of these nations that elevates their experience to way beyond what they would normally feel for an admittedly ...
