anzak

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ornekler:
(...) for five days the dead and wounded of both sides lay in no-mans land. an armistice was arranged to allow both sides to bury their dead. it is claimed that the mutual respect of anzac for turk and turk for anzac grew from this battle and subsequent armistice.(...)

http://www.rsl.org.au/commemoration/anzac.html

the following article was written by one of the veterans for an anzac day ceremony in 1993;

"i have been fortunate to travel to turkey on six occasions to visit gallipoli on anzac day. there is no more touching dawn service than the one conducted in the beach cemetery at anzac cove. one of the great pleasures of the trip is mixing with the turkish people. the turks are very conservative and formal; they dress almost invariably in suits and with their dark hair and shaggy mustaches appear very solemn. but when you explain you are australian their faces light up with wonderful smiles, and you are overwhelmed with hospitality.

(...)this formidable reputation of the turkish soldier must account in part for the fact that turkey, in a volatile part of the world and surrounded by potential enemies, stayed free of war until its un contingent served in korea. their performance there confirmed their reputation and established that in thirty years of peace they had lost nothing of their fighting spirit.(...)
http://www.focusmm.com/anzac_02.htm

http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2002.4.24.211642.584.html
http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/30-19722.asp

i’ve never in all my life heard anyone speak of the turkish defenders with anything other than respect and praise and where anyone might get the idea that anzac day is about australians slagging off turks is beyond me.

(...) anzac day has never been about claiming the turks attacked the anzacs. in fact the turks have always been respected by the anzacs and the australian and new zealand people. my grandfather fought at gallipoli and he used to say what a feared and respected enemy the turks were. do some research before you jump on a public forum and speak rubbish.

jack ryan

http://www.smh.com.au/yoursay/2003/04/25/index.html

i looked across at the only turkish veteran present as mr anderson spoke about how the british generals had offered the anzacs gas masks and they’d refused them, saying ‘we wont need them, the turks wont use gas, we trust them.’ they were right the turks didn’t use gas. that old turk was smiling so proudly it was a sight i will never forget. he later laid a wreath on behalf of the turkish people and as he laid the wreath the crowd gave him a standing ovation, he wept.
http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat/2004/oawg_journal2004/5_featurearticles/02_fa_anzacspirit.html