Gallipoli I Documentary

Beautifully narrated by Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill, produced in over six years in seven different countries, “Gallipoli,” is the most comprehensive and moving documentary every produced on the battle that changed the fate of nations.
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This is the first time the Gallipoli campaign is viewed through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it-from both sides of the conflict. Using their diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, filmmakers trace the personal journeys of Turkish, Australian, New Zealand, and British soldiers, from innocence and patriotism to hardship and heartbreak. The experience is revealed in their own words, while dramatic recreations place you in the heart of the battle.
Director: Tolga Örnek
Writer: Tolga Örnek
Music: Demir Demirkan
Producer: Tolga Örnek and Burak Örnek
Narrator: Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill
#TolgaOrnek #Gallipoli #demirdemirkan

[@delzworld2007]

The narration for this truthful description of an horrendous event carries us back over 100 years. Thanks to the two talented actors Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill.

[@VSdrummer010]

A documentary that doesn't shy away from telling of the brutality and horrors of war... the kind of film that politicians should be forced to view before sending lives to the slaughter and depredations of war. Powerful film

[@helloicanseeu2]

that was churchill lol

[@VSdrummer010]

@helloicanseeu2 it sure was. Churchill is grossly overly glorified and revered, in my (unpopular) opinion; I don't believe he's worthy of the fanfare he receives in modern times.

[@writerconsidered]

@@VSdrummer010 Agreed his only useful purpose is rallying a country around to fight. Beyond that he is as useless as t*ts on a bull.

[@fizzmoe9846]

@@VSdrummer010 Churchill in WW1, yes. Not the best leader. Churchill in WW2, no. He was exactly what Britain needed. He unified the country and brought Europe back from the brink.

[@josephdelp87]

Politicians don't care about the people. Never will. Power is all they care about and the people are just cannon fodder.

[@Gettingback997]

An amazing documentary about a war I’ve always wondered about. I was in Istanbul on the 100 th anniversary of Gallipoli and there were many visitors from Australia and New Zealand , all children or descendants of the fallen. My heart went out to them as well as to descendants of Turkish soldiers.

[@shanks6404]

RIP for everyone who fought in this war

[@richardstumpf2955]

I am 75 years old and I am foolish enough to volunteer for 2 Wars, Vietnam and Iraq for one way or another I missed out on both, the first one, the war was finished and the second one they told me I was too old. Now being in the Army I felt that I missed something. Now watching Documentaries like that I feel that I was the luckiest person on Earth, at the age I am now I am grateful that my Life took a turn in my favour and I bless every Day I am alive.

[@helloicanseeu2]

lol, relax u didnt miss anything at all

[@nicktrueman224]

Mate you have nothing to feel like you missed out on and absolutely nothing to be ashamed about. You owe nothing to anyone

[@fedecano7362]

Both countries invaded without a proper reason, yet you dont see that as a strong reason not to join...it was all about your personal safety, killing people overseas was ok?

[@david9783]

@@fedecano7362 Apparently so, when his friends are dying there.

[@nicktrueman224]

@@fedecano7362 1st Iraq war not 2nd, there is a big difference between the two. Your blaming the messenger for the deeds of the masters of this planet. But you should really save this for when in person.

[@andrewbird57]

I learned only recently that my dad's dad was at Gallipoli, a Yank born and bred in Brooklyn, NY who crossed the Atlantic and enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1915 a few weeks after a German Uboat sunk the Lusitania. I only met my grandad once that I remember when I was a boy. He died in 1968 when I was 11. I knew he had served in WWI and had married an English girl while stationed in Manchester. But I had assumed he served in the U.S. Army. I didn't know he had served in the British army until I was in my 30s in the '90s. It's funny that his war service was never talked about. My dad, born in Manchester during WWI, grew up mostly in the U.S., but enlisted in the Canadian army early in WWII because he wanted to get into the fight while the USA was still neutral. He was captured at Dieppe in 1942 and was a POW for nearly 3 years. His war experience kind of overshadowed his father's.

[@maryjocully8806]

That is quite a family history. You are very fortunate both men lived through such times

[@barbararice6650]

With the scousers and manks, that would have been a bit of a jolt for a yank 😑

[@TheNord06]

survivors of this war founded the new republic. my great grandfather fought in gallipoli as a lieutenant at the age of 16 because of officer shortage. he survived and went to palestine to fight the british again, captured and when released, he joined the turkish revolutionary army. he retired as major general. according to my father, he didnt regret his decisions he made, and if ever needed, he would fight for his country again. this is what british high command forgot. i'm sure they were able man, but they never got in a position to defend their homeland in ww1 and they should've observed their allies french more closely. what a sad war and tale.

[@lonw.7016]

Palestine? Or the Sanjat of Jerusalem? Maybe I misunderstood. EDit: Cannot erase facts that are the truth. :) Was it Mandated to Britain and France? Or was it still Ottoman?

[@wickedlee664]

Yavuz Selim Yağsan the comments on these documentaries are so funny. A person just watches a moving and potentially perspective altering documentary ant the first thing they want to say is something about themselves or their life. So sorry the focus was of your life for a bit there. Don't worry, focus is back on you now.

[@barbararice6650]

Most of the Turkish army that fought at Gallipoli were destroyed by the Russians 😑

[@Rob-pc2ju]

​@@wickedlee664well, I for one am interested in hearing what the Turkish man has to say, his grandfather fought there, 3 of my uncle's also. It's interesting to hear from the other side of it

[@davebarber9510]

I as an ex infantry man think the Turks fought well and hard and the allies did the same but also fought the geography of the country and were commanded by on the whole bafoons Water was priority but no one took command lots of officers stayed on the ship and were not interested Churchill was the scapegoat. Calamity at its best 👍🇬🇧😎

[@aarongoman4289]

This the best ww1 documentary I've ever seen. I was legit a bit shaken after watching this. I felt for men and their stories even though they have been dead 100+ years.

[@den264]

Peter Jackson's movie "they shall not grow old" is the gold standard in world war documentary movies. If you have not seen it ! Please do.

[@steroidsp3566]

In 1934 Atatürk wrote a tribute to the ANZACs killed at Gallipoli 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 now 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.

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

Ataturk was a great man. The present leader of Turkey has much to learn from him! He is not nearly the leader or man.

[@surfraptor]

Wow.

[@williameaton9058]

Your opinion of a man is based on a compliment and kind words despite the graveyards of British soldiers he caused.

[@josifalkhattab1]

Their graves stood as a witness of the absolute end at Gallipoli just to show what will happen to anyone that would dare to attack the great Turkish nation.

[@gilmoyes2590]

William Eaton, the man that caused those death was Churchill and incompetent officers. Your comment shows a lack of understanding of the facts surrounding Gallipoli from day one.

[@uyghursaction4130]

I am touched at the end, the letter of Turkish soldier Memet to his family.

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

I view the Turks and other peoples of Asia Minor, as Westerner, as admirable peoples.

[@nicktrueman224]

I cry as I own a copy. Each time I hear that letter geing read I just feel overwhelmed.

[@VimyScout]

My great great grandfather was at Gallipoli. He was with the East Lancashire Regiment.

[@patriciamackinlay6495]

"War is a terrible game" such a waste of life on both sides whilst incapable politicians dithered around a desk.A wonderful documentary showing all sides .One wonders what the photographers thought as they recorded the horrors of war.Praying for peace as we continue to see war constantly raising its ugly head.

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

Humans are naturally warlike. The military is finishing school to a natural instinct.

[@martinmayhew145]

It could have been stopped before it started if not for stupid leaders like Winston Churchill and the admiralty

[@sniperelite360]

My favourite documentary on Gallipoli.

[@AnastasioCostaMeno]

I’ve noticed how most modern wars are won by the once who have the most supplies. You run out of supplies, you lose even if you’re the better fighter.

[@sharonshea3261]

Really outstanding. There was well deserved heroism, but it was tempered with the insanity of this whole event. And this was a wonderfully even handed documentary, showing the heroism and the tragedy equally for both sides.

[@den264]

The production team on this documentary deserve special mention. Equally the narrator's deserve special mention. All most people were told of this campaign was the failure of Churchill's leadership in it. This documentary has put light on what was a dreadful chapter in the story of the great war.

[@StratfordDanBurrell]

Jeremy irons and Sam Neil as narration! Awesome

[@siebenspeer3372]

I have watched this 'film' in the cinemas with my ma whole family in Istanbul. We were bit disappointed at the beginning that it was actually documentary. But at the end we all liked it. I was around 14 yold. At the age of 18 I came to Melbourne, Australia for bachelor degree. Still here. You never now what your life will bring to ya. I think (we)Turks-Abdhuls hospitalise Johnies so well. I have always receive warm gestures from people around me here DownUnder. I guess it wasnt war between those 2 but It was a start of a friendship.

[@skippygatten8572]

I like in the opening they show the effect of artillery on a trench. WWI was an artillery war and the advances in high explosives made it devastating.

[@nicktrueman224]

Exactly and metallurgy so as to build dependable guns handling enormous pressures.

[@titicoqui]

incredible production God bless the fallen who had no choice but to fight

[@albatigris3582]

The doco was great and appeared to remain unbiased as it explored both sides of the 8 month campaign. It would be nice to say that we all learnt a lesson from this and other battles, but unfortunately we haven't. There is alway an idiot amongst us who can't help themselves instigating disrespectful and negative diatribe. THE LAST TO LEAVE The guns were silent, and the silent hills Had bowed their grasses to a gentle breeze. I gazed upon the vales and on the rills, And whispered, ‘What of these?’ and, ‘What of these? These long-forgotten dead with sunken graves, Some crossless, with unwritten memories; Their only mourners are the moaning waves; Their only minstrels are the singing trees.’ And thus I mused and sorrowed wistfully.

[@cemozcan3630]

Demir Demirkan is a genius composer and musician. I cannot imagine a better music choices for the whole project! Especially that ending song right after the farewell letter...

[@den264]

Perhaps the theme music to the movie, "Midnight Express " by the Italian composer Georgio Moroder might just have surpassed this one.

[@cemozcan3630]

​@@den264 The music for "Midnight Express" is a true classic and a great work. But it is difficult to find Anatolian flavor in that composition.

[@robinabbott5781]

It makes you weep thinking man's inhumanity to man.RIP ❤ to all those men on both sides

[@mjc11a]

Excellent documentary. Thanks for posting.

[@robertlevinson9188]

The narration is unsurpassable. He sounds as majestic as William F Buckley.

[@cwnapier67]

Amazing Documentary - Thanks for uploading very powerful.

[@azreanaibrahim2721]

thank you....

[@asufans5]

Amazing show!!!! Thank you

[@joeyj6808]

My grandfather fought as a poilu in the Western Front. My other grandpa's brothers were gassed as Yanks in 1918, and altho they survived, suffered the rest of their lives. I have been fascinated with the Great War since I was a kid. Here's what I learned: people were very different back then. The horrors of the war were universal. Men walked into machinegun fire, endured the kind of conditions that would inspire instant mutiny today, and fought as bravely and died as uselessly as any man has ever died. And for what? A quarrel between inbred royals for more lands to exploit? There were not even any real ideologies at play! Good people died for four years for no good reason, other than that they didn't want to let their comrades down. May the memory of the bravery of the soldiers on both sides of the Gallipoli Campaign never be forgotten!

[@ikersamdagli4538]

Thank you for this great doc.

[@TowGunner]

Another brilliant British plan, like Market Garden.

[@hissyhonker220]

ACS Shap lol churchy and Monty sounds like a version of buster Keaton and fatty r buckle, sad they were playing with real lives though

[@cotswoldcuckoo775]

And Dieppe.

[@barbararice6650]

Actually anyone who knows the history of this war, knows it was the Russians who hollowed out the Turkish military 🙂

[@brentinnes5151]

this one was much closer than Monty's cock up..Turks were leaving Constantinople, after the mines took out those ships British stopped

[@PonceDeLeon.]

İzlediğim en iyi belgesellerden. Her dakikasında tüyler diken diken...

[@ZarathustraMG42-qo7oj]

I think I've watched every WW1 documentary there is. But this new to me. Excellent production and content. And respectful to those who fought and died from both sides. Such a tragedy. One comment by a Turkish soldier to an Anzac soldier stands out on seeing two bodies on the battlefield. There is politics and there is diplomacy. My sons are all in their 20's. It makes you think.☹

[@traceyc2981]

An excellent and very moving film. War is a waste.

[@craigjohn3524]

Superb documentary about Gallipoli.brave men on both sides,pity all soldiers in war.lest we forget

[@johnsimpsonkirkpatrickhist1372]

A very moving film.

[@ez12like]

What a great documentary. What a pity both sides had to endure for a battle that should have never been fought.

[@soulsablaze8020]

as i'm using this video as a source for my history internal assessment i have begun to see the impact and i am shocked of the decisions made by those of whom we trusted

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

Moral...don't trust. Think critically!

[@gedoug]

Very moving account of that unnecessary disaster.

[@nixops]

What a waste of life..... I do like the fact that they bring out more about "Johnny Turk", it makes for a much better understanding of the insane campaign. "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." Attrbuted to Kemal Ataturk.

[@paulojosecarvalho4765]

Ĺo

[@brentinnes5151]

yes..there was a respect there..

[@johndutchman]

So powerfully rendered .. thank you.

[@Rudolf.Aigner]

I learned many things that I didn't know about this time. Thanks for sharing.

[@gordonhulcombe9604]

This is one of the realistic, truthful world war 1 documentary, I have ever witnessed. A excellent production, kudos to all that helped in this piece of work.

[@guerradejuguetesalujuanima1588]

Excellent documentary. Thanks for sharing!

[@hemmarket]

First rate documentary ! Very well done, and incredibly sad.

[@wp4866]

very good doc

[@nwofoe2866]

neverf believe government, especially in war

[@edwardspencer3906]

The Technology and, therefore the manner of Dispatch may be different, the End Result NEVER Ever changes... Brave Young Men being Honored for Their Sacrifice...

[@SultanSamet]

Bought the dvd back then in a turkish shop in germany, lent it to someone, lost it. Shame. Glad to see an official upload ! :) Thx

[@ikersamdagli4538]

“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 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 they have become our sons as well.” Mustafa Kemal Ataturk A response by an Anzac’s mother to Atatürk’s words: “The warmth of your words eased our sorrow for our sons who vanished in Gallipoli, and our tears ended. Your words are a consolation to me as a mother. Now we are sure that our sons rest in peace in their eternal rest. If your Excellency accepts, we would like to call you ‘Ata’, too. Because what you have said at the graves of our sons could only be said by their own fathers. In the name of all mothers, our respects to the Great Ata who embraced our children with the love of a father.”

[@surfraptor]

Beautiful, thank you.

[@md1l773]

Today is march 18, the victory day of the Gallipoli War, but we are not celebrating this day, on the contrary today we mourn for the anzacs and the Turkish martyrs R.I.P. all martyrs

[@user-pe5us2xj6b]

One of the finest documentaries I've ever seen

[@cemrebirand8360]

What a brilliant film! Thank you for making it possible

[@sukranustunel8351]

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.

[@miapdx503]

Those letters home...it doesn't get more real than that. 🌹

[@khiggins7231]

Excellent documentary!

[@colinyork5064]

A great documentary. Thank you.

[@lonw.7016]

The thing I notice these days... the mention of Turkey. We weren't at war with Turkey. The Imperial Ottoman Empire that conquered and manipulated whole peoples(fellow Mohammedans) as their own. It wasn't Turkey that committed the genocide upon the Greeks and Armenians. Nor was it the Turks that had controlled the Sanjat of Jerusalem and the Sanjat of Gaza for over 800 years. And it wasn't Turkey that went to war against Imperial Russia "again" in less than 100 years. EDit: And it wasn't the Turks that invaded Imperial Russia before declaring war. It was the Imperial Ottoman Empire. And to follow up on another comment, I wasn't blessed to have the money to attend a University college until I was working full-time.

[@gordonhulcombe9604]

Here here!

[@619sdbdub]

Absolutely an amazing production! Hearing from both sides was fascinating and the merging between old film and new video was brilliant. I just wonder - what was the thinking of such a bad planned campaign? My curiosity about the "other front" of WWI has been piqued.

[@antoniomontana9055]

mothers of enemie soldiers , dont cry. your sons sleeping her side by side with turkish friends. M. K. Atatürk

[@royalenfieldracer7806]

antonio montana not true, Ataturk never said those words. They first appear in Queensland.

[@denizerben1247]

Russell Garbett, who Saïd it then, where and when?

[@frankwilson726]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4614434/Turkey-s-Anzac-memorial-Islamic-stance.html

[@cici790]

Is that true?

[@frankwilson726]

www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/20/ataturks-johnnies-and-mehmets-words-about-the-anzacs-are-shrouded-in-doubt

[@markwagstaff7209]

Excellent film this shows the true face of war and the futility 😢

[@user-ys9pg5ud6h]

Touching

[@-htl-]

On my travels in 1992 tacking me around Australia and New Zealand it was in Auckland that one of the most prominent buildings drawing my attention that would thought me about Gallipoli, the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Always had and interest for history. Still there has been nothing that touched me so much than reading a ‘substantial’ section of the original diary of one the man who fought on the peninsula of Gallipoli being displayed in a special section of the museum. Since I have seen ‘the movie’ and several documentaries, articles, Leon Uris follow up of the brilliant book Trinity, Redemption which takes you to Gallipoli as well. Beside the diary none ever told the story, the history, better then all being part in this documentary. It is sounds two way, and without simply trying to blame one or the other in any way even though especially some British commanders should had been put in front of a firing squad starting with one of the by far most incompetent commanders Haig although he had nothing directly to do with this but rather so much indirectly. It demonstrates that only ego can fail men and men kind can fail one another. Seeing this documentary it makes all understand so much better the declaration made at later date by the Turkish commander who had become AtaTurk. Best documentary on this event. Well done!

[@leobasar3793]

And marvellous iconic voice narrator Jeremy Iron

[@justabloke1806]

Sam Niel

[@wiretamer5710]

Particularly poignant are the special pyrotechnical effects that punctuate this film. They bring home the awesome destructive power of shockwaves.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Shock and awe

[@teresanicholson6241]

Lest We Forget ❤️

[@pxtokarev]

Churchill passed all his life making war. Gallipoli was not the worst of all his wars.

[@Graymenn]

Churchill is rotting in hell

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

There is no hell...there is no God! And Churchill eventually figured out how to win a war. You will always be a loser!

[@anthonyeaton5153]

@@GraymennChurchill. Had nothing to do with ground war at Gallipoli.

[@SusiesRepeat]

Politicians are very quick to send others off to fight their wars. If they had to fight them we would have no wars.

[@nathancommins8718]

I have always wondered if we could live in these modern times & be worthy of such loss, I try every single day to respect & remember. I morn the ANZACs & those of my family members lost but hold no grudges. Lest We Forget. This was put together very well.

[@aussiedownunder4186]

The Best Doco on Gallipoli I have ever seen. 10 👍🇦🇺🇳🇿🇦🇺🇳🇿🇹🇷 🇹🇷

[@LegionarioPersa]

Jeremy Irons?

[@pingtangcalagan0554]

i think its him. sounded like JI

[@badchoices7152]

The truth of what war is really like is perhaps best explained in videos like these that show the harshness of war. The letter's read from both perspectives was lost during my school year's. Perhaps on purpose because my country was usually the last country to enter both World War's. Politician's that vote to go to war should be forced to pick at least one male child, or grandchild to fight on the frontlines in a non officer position. During the vote each politician should be forced to have their selection standing right behind them, and televised live.

[@R2D2xC12]

I like this.... both said are showed... :'(

[@thepeskytraveller3870]

Thank you very much for uploading. A well made documentary showing the humanity and horrors of both sides. More reasons why war and p[politics should never mix.

[@1joshjosh1]

I have to work tomorrow but I promise to watch this in it's entirety tomorrow Evening And it's gonna be awesome I can tell

[@dufmor]

all this...so a very few v rich man,who, by the way,never saw any action,could keep their wealth,.........and indeed make more and more money???

[@PullpinVa]

dufmor not only rich, but most of the king's/emperor's were related. Basically a family squabble that cost millions of lives

[@cjhobbyfly8597]

Joseph Murray was 21 years, 5 months and 14 days old when he joined up... not 18

[@user-fo7kq3sr1o]

Excellent documentary

[@johancreemers6796]

I still found it difficult to understand to what the military doctrine is able to. Blinde obedience, no questions asked. I went (volunteerly) into the military when I was 23. I found it very hard to obey to the most ridiculous orders. The youngsters from our platoon were to scared or overwhelmed to 'ask questions'. Within 2 days I became a sort of a father figure for a couple of them. I tried to take care of their mental wel being, told them to spare their forces during excercises, took care of their wounds... Some of the instructors didn't like it at all and made us combat each other so they would lose their trust in me. It took me a couple of years to understand that I was to mature when I went in. The ideal age is 17/18/19 years old. The brain isn't that developed yet and their physical strength can be altered a lot at a short time. Watching this video and see how a first, second, thirth and fourth wave went over the top, knowing really wel that it was a complete useless attack and you were sure you were going to die, is nearly unimaginable. The bushfires, the rain, the snow, the stench, the vieuws, the sounds, the stress, ... My deepest respect for all those brave man. May the (ANZAC) leaders rot in hell.

[@DamoBloggs]

Lions led by donkeys indeed. Senseless stupid waste of human life and resources... and for what?

[@julianbennett3772]

Rather too focussed to my mind on the ANZAC aspects of the battle, and not very much on the Helles, etc., side of things, and no mention of the German contingents there. But, with those provisos in mind the best I have ever seen on this tragic event. Living in Turkey, but born a Brit, married to a Turk and with children here - and a granddad who fought against the Turks in Palestine - it has long been - shall I say? - part of my 'acquired' heritage. So, well done, Tolga!

[@jamesnevitt9293]

Do anyone think that the soldiers of today could endure these conditions without modern day technology?

[@matsmats4385]

no way. both sides suffered terribly, the conditions were the reason both sides in this battle gained the respect of their enemy.

[@jeffsmith2022]

Yes,they follow their orders...

[@fatihmericozarslan3245]

53:42-54:13 His voice reminds me of Kiefer Sutherland's speaking-style (VA of Roebuck and Venom Snake).

[@SuperLpark]

Can you imagine if the film was color and with sound. I think we are all blessed that technology was still very primitive at that time.

[@nicktrueman224]

I bought this on dvd yrs ago. It is one of the saddest documentaries in existence. What these men endured due to a terribly rediculos idea the Turkish soldiers were inferior and also the absolute shambles in landing on the wrong bays for the ANZAC in hideous terrain. Words don't capture just how sad this makes me. It was only made worse by Hamilton and co assisting to carry on in these suiciadal attacks. WW1 was only beggining.

[@HJBounell]

I had to double check for Ken Burns

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

This scenario has been seen over and over again, yet we continue to kill each other.

[@jackjones9460]

This seems a bit too accurate for me to watch tonight. The beginning seems very good.

[@johncadillac2005]

Excellent

[@larskunoandersen5750]

never under estimate your enemy.

[@wickedlee664]

I hear A lot of these soldiers

[@armchair22]

The best.

[@6idangle]

Seems like sheer arrogance cost them quite a bit.

[@Corrello88]

So a shell from a ship went right through a Turk, who was on a hill de-lousing himself, that is an extremely dark scene, also imagine what went through the Turkish fort commandants mind when he fired and the ships turned their turrets towards them😬

[@Sparatis123]

Ga ada terjemahan bahasa indonesianya.. padahl sejarah menarik ni

[@uyraellsensenmann8931]

I have a piece of history I would like for people in Turkey to know, in time for ANZAC Day in Turkey next year. So, please forgive if this is a bit of a long story. Month of March, 1980, I am at a convention with my parents, away from my home city. At that convention I had the Honour to meet a Gallipoli Veteran. He told me the following story: It is well-known that there was an Official Truce, to allow the dead to be buried decently. And during that truce, ANZACs and Turks worked with each other in the burials. If a NZ soldier found a dead Turkish soldier, he and a friend or he and a Turk would carry that dead man to the Turkish gravesite and bury him. Likewise, if a Turkish soldier found a dead ANZAC he and a friend, or he and an ANZAC would carry that dead ANZAC to the ANZAC grave site and bury him. In the midst of this, water and cigarette would be shared, no animosity was shown by either side. What is not known is that there were unofficial truces for burials after the Official Day of Truce. And this is the origin of what the Veteran told me. Late one afternoon, about 4.30pm, when the "end of truce-time whistle" was about to be sounded, my friend saw a friend of his kneeling behind a small scrub-tree, seemingly in prayer. My friend had not seen this man the night before, and so, walked over to him, saying "Fred get up, the whistle is going to blow", ..... Fred did not move. My friend shook Fred's shoulder; "Come-ON, Man! we have to move!" ...No answer. Finally, my friend walks around the scrub-tree, again placing his hand on Fred's shoulder. Only to look down at Fred's head, to see that Fred's head is empty from the eye-brows upward. My friend pauses, scratches his head. At that moment, my friend hears a Turkish soldier call out to the other Turkish soldiers in the Turk trench nearby. It must have been the equivalent of: "Wait a couple minutes, fellows!" Because then, with mere seconds to go before the whistle went off, a Turkish soldier leaves his trench, walks over to my friend, and makes signs that he will help my friend carry Fred to the NZ lines. Which is exactly what happens. Fred, kneeling by the bush, was also kneeling next to a forearm's bones sticking out of the ground, a bayonet fallen from the hand of the forearm, the two items being just in front of where Fred's knees had been on the ground. The Turkish soldier helping my friend, looked at the bones and bayonet, shook his head, then smiled to my friend, and touched his chest over his heart, as Turks do. Fred was buried decently, the Turk returned to his trench. And a person might-well think that this is where it ended. Not quite so. Move forward in time, to May of 1942. A man who was later a college teacher of mine was First Lieutenant on a Royal Navy Destroyer which had just completed a refit, and had to go to sea for trials. They chose to visit Gallipoli. Arriving there, a few crew including the man went ashore, climbing the ridge to just below Chunuk Bair, where the New Zealanders had been in 1915. And there was that same bush, that same fore-arm out of the ground, and that same bayonet. The man who had been at Chunuk Bair in 1942, told me of that event in September of 1980. ____________________________________ Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell, New Zealand. ____________________________________ Önümüzdeki yıl Türkiye'nin ANZAC Günü vesilesiyle Türkiye'de insanların bilmesi gereken bir tarih var. Bu biraz uzun bir öykü ise lütfen affedin. Mart, 1980, ailemle ev şehirden uzakta bir toplantı yapıyorum. Bu kongrede bir Çanakkale tecrübeli tecrübeyle tanışmak için onur duydum. Bana şu hikayeyi anlattı: Ölülerin terbiyeli olarak gömülmesine izin vermek için resmi bir Mütarekenin olduğu iyi bilinmektedir. Ve bu ateşkes sırasında ANZAC'lar ve Türkler mezarlarda birbirleriyle çalıştı. Bir NZ askeri ölü bir Türk asker bulursa, o ve bir arkadaşı veya o ve bir Türk o ölüleri Türk mezarlığına götürecek ve gömmeyecektir. Aynı şekilde, eğer bir Türk askeri ölü bir ANZAC ve arkadaşı bulursa, o da ANZAC'ı ölen ANZAC'ı ANZAC mezarına götürecek ve gömmeyecektir. Bunun ortasında su ve sigara paylaşılacak, her iki taraftan da bir düşmanlık gösterilmeyecektir. Bilinmeyen şey, Mütareke Resmi Günü bittikten sonra definlerde gayri resmi ateşkes oldu. Ve usta bana söylediklerinden kaynaklanıyor. Bir öğleden sonra, öğleden sonra saat 4.30 civarında, "ateşkes zamanı ıslık çalınması" yaklaşmaya yaklaştığında arkadaşım, görünüşte namaz kük bir yıkama ağacının arkasında diz çökmüş bir arkadaşını gördü. Arkadaşım bu adamı bir gece önce görmemişti ve böylece "Fred kalk, düdük patlayacak" diyerek ona doğru yürüdü, Fred hareket etmedi. Arkadaşım Fred'in omuzunu salladı; "Hadi, dostum, taşınmalıyız!" ...Cevap yok. Sonunda, arkadaşım, elini Fred'in omzuna koyarak, ovalama ağacını dolaştı. Sadece Fred'in kafasına bakıp, Fred'in kafasının göz kaşlarından yukarıya doğru boş olduğunu görmek için. Arkadaşım duruyor, kafasını çiziyor. O sırada arkadaşım, yakınlardaki Türk siperinde bulunan Türk askerlerine seslenen bir Türk askerini duyuyor. Eşdeğer olmalı: "Birkaç dakika bekleyin, dostlar!" Zira düdük çalmadan önce birkaç saniye içinde bir Türk askeri açmasını izliyor, arkadaşıma doğru yürüyor ve arkadaşımın Fred'i NZ hatlarına taşımasına yardımcı olacağına dair işaretler yapıyor. Tam olarak olan şey de budur. Çalılar tarafından diz çökmüş olan Fred, aynı zamanda ön kolun kemiklerini yerden çıkarmaya dizerek, ön kolun elinden düşen bir süngü dizinin yanında diz çökmüştü ve iki parça hemen Fred'in dizlerinin yere geldiğini ön plana çıkarıyordu. Arkadaşıma yardım eden Türk askeri, kemiklerine ve bayonetine baktı, başını salladı, arkadaşıma gülümsedi ve gönülüne Türklerin yaptığı gibi kalbinin üzerine dokundu. Fred terbiyesizce gömüldü, Türk açması üzerine döndü. Ve bir kişi bunun bittiği yer olduğunu düşünebilir. Oldukça değil. 1942 Mayıs'ına kadar zamanla ilerleyin. Daha sonra bir üniversite öğretmeni olan bir adam, Donanma Müfettişinin bir teçhizatını tamamlamış ve denemeler için denize girmek zorunda kaldı. Çanakkale'yi ziyaret etmeyi seçtiler. Oraya varan adamı da içeren birkaç ekip kıyıya çıktı ve Sırt Chunuk Bair'in hemen aşağısında, Yeni Zelandalıların 1915'te tırmanıyordu. Ve aynı çalı, aynı ön kolu yere indirdi, ve aynı süngü vardı. 1942'de Chunuk Bair'de bulunan adam bana o olayı 1980 yılının Eylül ayında anlattı. ____________________________________ Saygılarımızla, Saygılarımla, Uyraell, Yeni Zelanda. Google Translate for Business:Translator ToolkitWebsite Translator

[@surfraptor]

Thank you.

[@uyraellsensenmann8931]

You are welcome, good sir. - History should be preserved, not forgotten. - Nor should Those Men who there-formed History be forgotten. ... Ever. - Kind and Respectful Regards, Marco van Bergen, Uyraell, New Zealand.

[@FourthFielder]

What an amazing tale, thanks for sharing. I was always a big fan of Henry Harbord Morant (The Breaker) and always wanted to visit his and Taylors' grave. It's literally the only reason I want to go to Africa. Most folks here in America have no idea who the hell these guys were.

[@aliceinaddiction]

@@FourthFielder 'Breaker Morant' in my Top 5 or at very least Top 10 Best Ever Movies! P.S. The 1981 film 'Gallipoli', with a young mel gibson cast, is worth a view also. The films climax comes at The Battle of the Nek.

[@dagaslani999anatolian7]

no body won mothers lost son's sad story

[@seljukmapper2319]

Dagaslani999 cool man turks won accept pls or go fuck urself

[@markmathews6876]

not so ,the jews got their israel & they now write the history ,ipso facto - they won

[@memirandawong]

Many of the soldiers relate to the war and their 'obligation' as if they were taking out some objectionable trash and they were going to dutifully do it and be done with it.

[@kttrouble7053]

And yet, 100 years later,we seemed to have learned..... nothing.