Canakkale Martyrs Monument

Somehow lost its originality throughout the years, with too many distasteful additions.

This was a very interesting place to visit. There were the names of all the Turkish soldiers who fell during the first world war. Many of the headstones were in the shape of the monument which extraordinary in its own right. From what I gathered, the soldiers were sorted by regiment, not by alphabet. So anybody who was looking for someone could do so easily by searching that way.nFurther down was the main monument, though there were a few other statues around, one of the biggest was a mural of Ataturk and other soldiers in what I thought was bronze on the side of a wall. The main monument is very tall and has a panoramic view. It includes murals of soldiers in stone along the sides of the 4 pillars. Underneath the top is a large Turkish flag painted on the stone. In the center looks to be a large tomb for all to view.

Very well constructed and powerful place. You can get there by minibus to a nearby town then walk up to the monument. There are also taxis from Kilitbahir. Best way is to have your own rental car but this can be expensive.

The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War.nnIt is located within the Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park on Hisarlık Hill in Morto Bay at the southern end of the Gallipoli peninsula in Çanakkale Province, Turkey.nnThis memorial is incredibly moving as well as very well done. A huge amount of time and attention to detail was spent on the individual tombs of the soldiers commemorated here as well as the monument that was erected to celebrate the sacrifices they made.nnHeavy stuff going on here ud83cuddf9ud83cuddf7ud83dudcaa @ Tarihi Gelibolu Yarimadasi- Abide

Was very good place to go , also its good when you remember our martyrs