Gallipoli Campaign Centenary: The Commemorations

ECEABAD, TURKEY - APRIL 25: Mounted Turkish gendarmes dressed as World War I Ottoman Turkish soldiers stand guard on their horses near the Anzac Cove during a dawn ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, that took place at Anzac Cove in Gallipolion April 25, 2015 in Eceabat, Turkey. Turkish and Allied powers representatives, as well as family members of those who served, are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign with ceremonies at memorials across the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Gallipoli land campaign, in which a combined Allied force of British, French, Australian, New Zealand and Indian troops sought to occupy the Gallipoli Peninsula and the strategic Dardanelles Strait during World War I, began on April 25, 1915 against Turkish forces of the Ottoman Empire. The Allies, unable to advance more than a few kilometers, withdrew after eight months. The campaign cost the Allies approximately 50,000 killed and up to 200,000 wounded, the Ottomans approximately 85,000 killed and 160,000 wounded. (Photo by Ercan Arslan/Getty Images)
ECEABAD, TURKEY - APRIL 25: Mounted Turkish gendarmes dressed as World War I Ottoman Turkish soldiers stand guard on their horses near the Anzac Cove during a dawn ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, that took place at Anzac Cove in Gallipolion April 25, 2015 in Eceabat, Turkey. Turkish and Allied powers representatives, as well as family members of those who served, are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign with ceremonies at memorials across the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Gallipoli land campaign, in which a combined Allied force of British, French, Australian, New Zealand and Indian troops sought to occupy the Gallipoli Peninsula and the strategic Dardanelles Strait during World War I, began on April 25, 1915 against Turkish forces of the Ottoman Empire. The Allies, unable to advance more than a few kilometers, withdrew after eight months. The campaign cost the Allies approximately 50,000 killed and up to 200,000 wounded, the Ottomans approximately 85,000 killed and 160,000 wounded. (Photo by Ercan Arslan/Getty Images)
Gallipoli Campaign Centenary: The Commemorations
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