A Visit to Gallipoli (2)

Section 2

Kabatebe Museum

 

Weapons from the military campaign in 1915 are on display in the museum.
 

Otto Liman von Sanders (1885-1929), a German officer,
who served as military commander of the 5th Army of the Ottoman Empire
during World War One (1914-1918).



 

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), commander of the 19th division attached to the 5th army of the Ottoman Empire during the Gallipoli campaign; founder of the Republic of Turkey in 1923; and president of Turkey 1923-1938.

This relief shows a section of the Gallipoli Peninsula (on the right).
On the left, seven British warships in the sea off the peninsula.
 

This relief shows the confrontation between the ANZAC soldiers trying to invade (on the left)
and the Ottoman soldiers trying to stop the invasion (on the right).

The Ottoman soldiers on the high ground.

ANZAC soldiers on the low ground.

ANZAC soldiers on the left = the low ground.
Ottoman soldiers on the right = the high ground.
 

A modern sculpture in front of the museum.

A poem about the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 is mounted on the wall of the staircase leading up to the museum. The text (printed in English) was written in 1988 by Bülent Ecevit (1925-2006),
who was prime minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002.

 

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A Visit to Gallipoli (3)

 

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