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Gelibolu National Park

(see also Gallipoli)

This park, of great significance in the world military history being the soil on which the battles of the Gallipoli Campaign took place, contains Turkish and Allied monuments, cemeteries and museums surrounded by forests, the sea and history may be reached by taxi or minibus throughout the day from the town of Eceabat.

In various locations within the National Park may be found 37 Turkish memorials , epitaphs and cemeteries and 33 memorials and cemeteries belonging to Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand.

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Martyr's Memorial

It was erected in honour of Turkish soldiers lost in the battles of the Gallipoli Campaign. The complex contains a museum of war materials and a symbolic cemetery at the entrance.
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Cape Helles Memorial

It was erected in honour of 20.761 British, Australian and Indian soldiers missing in the battles of the Gallipoli Campaign.
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French Cemetery an Memorial

It was erected in honour of 14.382 French and African soldiers lost in the battles of the Gallipoli Campaign. It was built on a hill dominating Morto Bay.
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Lone Pine Memorial and Cemetery

It was erected in honour of 4228 Australian and 708 New Zealand soldiers lost in Anzac in the battles of the Gallipoli Campaign.
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New Zealand National Memorial and Cemetery

It was erected in honour of 952 New Zealand soldiers lost in the battles of the Gallipoli Campaign. It is on the creat of Conkbayırı.
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Anzac Cemetery
Source:
Gelibolu Historical National Park,
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