Stop passenger: This land where you step without any thought is a place where a time period has passed away…….
It was 110 years ago. A united fleet (English and French) was approaching to Dardanelles during the WW1. Their purpose was to cross Dardanelles and arrive to Istanbul. Turkish army was waiting for them, but we were under German command. We struggled against this superpower and this fleet couldn’t pass the Dardanelles because of epic defense of Turkish troops. Then the Allien countries of WW1 decided to make land operation, so they aimed to invade Dardanelles from land and sea. They collected troops from everywhere of the world including New Zealand, Australia and India. During the land war, around 1,000,000 soldiers passed away, we lost a generation in Dardanelles in order to protect to our homeland.
A big commander, Mustafa Kemal, took stage in Dardanelles. He changed the way of the war. Turkish side got the advantage with the national spirit. Allied countries of WW1 also failed to cross the Dardanelles. As a result of this defeat, they couldn’t help Russian Loyal Family and Red revolution became true. Also new countries such as New Zealand and Australia became independent from English Kingdom.
With this victory, we proved that we didn’t die. We were as strong as we were at any time. With the great leadership of Mustafa Kemal, Turkish army became strong again and a new route to our freedom started.
With the respect to all soldiers and people who served Turkish freedom, we own them.
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