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Gallipoli was a seminal event in the history of our nation, and many suggest that New Zealand’s distinct sense of nationhood was born out of the scars of this 1915 campaign. The annual ANZAC Gallipoli commemorations in Turkey constitute one of the largest annual off-shore gatherings of New Zealanders and Australians and attendance has grown dramatically in recent years. A number of New Zealand agencies, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Veteran’s Affairs New Zealand, are involved each year in working with Australian and Turkish Authorities on the organisation of commemoration services on the Gallipoli peninsula.
A memorial to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the
commander of the Turkish forces at Gallipoli who
went on to become the founder of modern Turkey,
is sited at Tarakina Bay overlooking the entrance
to Wellington harbour.
A memorial to the New Zealanders who fell at
Gallipoli is situated at Chunuk Bair, on the Gelibolu
Peninsula in Turkey. A stone from the Chunuk Bair
memorial forms the centrepiece of a new memorial,
in the renovated Wellington Cathedral, to the Anzac
troops who fell during the Gallipoli campaign.
Rt. Hon Helen Clark [external links to Beehive website]
"Uzak memleketin toprakları üstünde kanlarını döken kahramanlar:
burada dost bir vatanın toprağındasınız.
Huzur ve sükun içinde uyuyunuz.
Sizler Mehmetçiklerle yan yana, koyun koyunasınız.
Uzak diyarlardan evlatlarını harbe gönderen analar;
gözyaşlarınızı dindirniz, evlatlarınız bizim bağrımızdadır.
Huzur içindedirler ve huzur içinde rahat rahat uyuyacklardır.
Bu toprakta canlarını verdikten sonra
artık bizim evlatlarımız olmuşlardır"
"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 far away 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"
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1934
Military commander during Battle of Gallipoli, and first President of the Republic of Turkey.
