Gallipoli Campaign

Visitors from Australia and New Zealand on April 25 morning attended a dawn ceremony marking the 104th anniversary of the World War One Battle of Gallipoli at Anzac Cove in the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey's northwestern province of Çanakkale.

The Gallipoli war also holds a special place in the hearts of the Turkish people who fought to defend the homeland. In the last days of the Ottoman Empire young Turks were able to stop the superpowers of the time, British and French armies, with their determination.

People flocked to the historical peninsula of Gallipoli ahead of the 104th-year anniversary ceremonies to be held today due to the Martyrs' Day and Çanakkale Victory.

Each year thousands of Australians, New Zealanders, British, Indian and French citizens visit Gallipoli to commemorate their ancestors who lost their lives in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. After the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915, the peace and friendship bridge established between Turkey, Australia and New Zealand strengthens.

An unexploded cannon shell from the Dardanelles Campaign in the First World War has been found in Turkey's western province of Çanakkale during restoration works at the Seddülbahir Castle.

Over 1,000 visitors from Australia and New Zealand attended a dawn service in Turkey's western province of Çanakkale on April 25 to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the landing of foreign troops on Turkish soil during World War I.

Thousands gathered to remember the fallen Anzac and Turkish troops of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 at a memorial service on April 24. 

Turks and Australians in Melbourne gathered to remember the fallen Anzac troops of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 at a memorial service on April 23.

Visitors flock to Gallipoli peninsula after 103rd anniversary of Çanakkale victory

Some 1,300 visitors from Australia and New Zealand will observe a minute's silence amid the graves of their grandfathers in northwestern Turkey to remember the fallen Anzac troops of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 in a dawn service on April 24, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official has said.