100th Anniversary of Gallipoli Landings

[Colwyn]

Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

Ataturk, 1934

[KKOB]

RTE has cynically brought forward the celebrations by 1 day in order to clash with the events of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

ANZAC Day has always been celebrated on 25th April throughout the world. But, this year, only in Turkey, they're celebrating it today.

[usedbustickets]

Beautiful sentiments and words, by a soldier at who was at Galipolli and a in latter days a real Turkish statesman.  Puts this current ijiot to shame.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Watch a piece about it on T.V. last night.  As the anniversary is a big thing in Australia and not so much in the U.K.  I never knew that 3 times more Brits where killed than Australians or New Zealanders. I always assumed it was the other way around.  Very interesting to see the British used submarines later on in the battle.

[kevin3]

Ataturk was a man of vision.     The current incumbent can't see past the end of his shoe box.

[apollo]

The mine-layer Nusret, that caused so much damage to the British and French Navies, can be seen in Tarsus.