Çanakkale

Australia has presented three artifacts from the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli to a Turkish military museum as a ?gesture of friendship.?

The Australian War Memorial donated a unit banner, a folding periscope and a hand grenade to the Çanakkale Naval Museum in northwestern Turkey.

Australia presented three artifacts from the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli to a Turkish military museum on Aug. 7 as a "gesture of friendship".

A 76-year-old man has cycled more than 1,000 kilometers from the Aegean province of ?zmir to see his grandson who is serving in the military in the Black Sea province of Ordu.

Nureddin Gönülal, 76, cycled 1,054 kilometers from ?zmir's Ödemi? district to Ordu's Ünye district, where his grandson Saadettin Sevin, 21, is doing his military service.

Turkey will soon welcome back some of the priceless treasures of Troy from countries scattered around Europe following the completion of a museum to house the artifacts in the ancient city in the country's northwest.

A 10-month-old baby drifted a kilometer from the coastline of Turkey's northwestern Çanakkale province until a coast guard boat arrived to save her on July 3.

Melda Ilg?n was placed in an inflatable ring by her mother in the Ayvac?k district of Çanakkale, on the southern coast of the Dardanelles, before she was swept away.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has reiterated his accusations that the country's opposition parties in parliament, the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), were acting together as a coalition against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

A young boy has died after falling down steps at the Çanakkale Martyrs? Memorial during a school field trip ahead of Turkey?s Youth and Sports Day.

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.
 

The 7th Turkish Film Festival was launched on April 22 in Sarajevo, opening with Ozhan Eren's "Son Mektup" (The Last Letter). 

Organized by the Turkish Embassy's culture and tourism office, the festival will run until April 27, showing six films.

Renowned Austrian performance artist Hermann Nitsch has opened an exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Turkey?s victory at the Battle of Gallipoli. 

The exhibition, ?Memorial Against the War,? is on display at an old depot that has been turned into an art gallery.