TURKEY: ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE OF THE ILL-FATED FIRST WORLD WAR GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN STARTS

Record ID: 208460

  • Title: TURKEY: ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE OF THE ILL-FATED FIRST WORLD WAR GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN STARTS
  • Date: 26th April 2004
  • Summary: (W6) GALLIPOLI, TURKEY (APRIL 24, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. LV/SLV GALLIPOLI MONUMENT BY THE SEA; MONUMENT 0.09 2. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER ROBERT HILL LAYS WREATH; MV MURAL 0.24 3. SLV NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATE MINISTER FOR ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE JUDITH TIZARD LAYS WREATH; SLV MILITARY SALUTE; TURKEY FLAGS AS NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED 0.56 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HILL SAYS "We know that our dead lie in the soil of a friendly country and we who visit are among friends. May it ever remain so and may we never forget the sheer loss that brings us here together." 1.11 5. SLV SOLDIERS MARCH AS MILITARY BAND PLAYS; MV HILL SIGNS REMEMBRANCE BOOK 1.26 6. LAS TILT DOWN MONUMENT AT ANZAC COVE 1.33 7. SLV/MV PRIEST CELEBRATING OPEN AIR MASS, ADDRESSING WAR VETERANS AND RELATIVES; MILITARY AND CIVILIANS LAYING WREATHS (9 SHOTS) 3.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 11th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: GALLIPOLI, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVA6DZ4X5EYGT324Y1IDGBBFMOMJ
  • Story Text: The annual remembrance of the ill-fated First World
    War Gallipoli campaign has started in Turkey.

    Security measures were reinforced on Saturday (April
    24, 2004) for this year's remembrance of the Gallipoli campaign
    in 1915, when an allied army including British, Australian,
    New Zealand and French forces were defeated by Turkey.

    Smaller crowds than the 10,000 that normally attend the
    ceremonies were expected because of fears of terrorist
    attacks.

    The Australian government advised all citizens to defer
    non-essential travel to Turkey because of concerns about
    the possibility of attacks.

    The Turkish government is taking security precautions,
    but criticised the Australian recommendation, saying it had
    no intelligence of impending strikes.

    Australia's Defence Minister, Robert Hill and New
    Zealand's Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and
    Heritage, Judith Tizard, were among those laying wreaths at
    the Gallipoli monument.

    The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) lost
    more than 10,000 soldiers in Gallipoli and many people
    believe that those losses helped forge both countries'
    national identities.

    "We know that our dead lie in the soil of a friendly
    country and we who visited are among friends. May it ever
    remain so and may we never forget the sheer loss that
    brings us here together," Hill said at Saturday's ceremony.

    The main ceremony is due to be held at three a.m. local
    time on Sunday (April 25), when the Allied forces began
    landing.


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