Today was a bonus day. We decided to do a day trip to the Gallipoli Peninsula. That is where an important WWI battle was fought in 1915. The battle was between the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire. It was an important nation defining event for what became Turkey and for New Zealand and Australia national identity.
The 10 month battle resulted in 300,000 casualties and was an Ottoman victory.
Since the battlefield was 4 hours from Istanbul, each way, it was a long, but exceptional day.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic and the hero General for the Ottomans
Address by Ataturk in 1934, which is worth reading
War memorial featuring both opponents
Australian Memorial on Lone Tree Hill
New Zealand Memorial on Chunuk Bair
View from Chunuk Bair, the highly contested highpoint
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