As is happened: Turkey, world leaders remember Gallipoli battle centenary

Turkey on April 24 hosted world leaders to commemorate the centenary of the World War I battle of Gallipoli, sending out a message of reconciliation -- and patriotic pride over one of the most dramatic Ottoman victories of the war.
 
Tens of thousands lost their lives on both sides in a grinding nine month battle between the German-backed Ottoman forces and Allies including Australian, British and New Zealand troops trying to break through to take Constantinople and knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war.
 
Today, the fallen from both the Ottoman and Allied sides lie close together in separate cemeteries on the Gallipoli peninsula on the western edge of Turkey, in what has long been seen as a powerful symbol of reconciliation between former enemies.
 
In recognition of this, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an hosted leaders of the World War I Allies, including 21 heads of state, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, New Zealand Premier John Key, as well as the heir to the British throne Prince Charles and his son Harry.

Prince Charles, Erdo?an stress 'humanity'

Erdo?an arrived in the western Turkish province of Çanakkale at 11:10 a.m. and the official ceremony began at 2:30 p.m.

Prince Charles laid a wreath at the Gallipoli monument moment while Mehmet Görmez, the head of the Directorate for Religious Affairs (Diyanet), gave the first speech.

Citing the prophets Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, Görmez prayed for all soldiers, Turkish and Allied, who fell in Gallipoli. He also asked for God's forgiveness for humanity's errors, including the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean.

Görmez's prayer was followed by a Christian prayer.

Prince Charles was next on the rostrum. "We must...