| Accession Number | P04386.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Skipper, Len |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Date made | April 1993 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
A Memorial in the Turkish Cemetery to the 57th Infantry Regiment. The Turkish 57th Infantry ...
Description
A Memorial in the Turkish Cemetery to the 57th Infantry Regiment. The Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment Cemetery and Memorial (57. Alay Sehitligi ve Aniti) is north of Quinn's Post, built in 1992 on the area known to the Anzacs as the Chessboard. The 57th Infantry Regiment of the 19th Division were the first Turkish soldiers to resist the Allied landing of 25 April 1915. The cemetery is symbolic, with few actual burials beneath the headstones. The memorial represents a mosque. Outside the memorial is a bronze sculpture of Turkey's oldest war veteran who died in 1994, aged 110. Opposite is a giant sculpture of a Turkish soldier, Turk Askerine Saygi (Respect for the Turkish Soldier), erected in 1992 in memory of those who lost their lives for their country.