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Conkbayırı Memorials

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Conkbayırı Memorials

Eceabat, Çanakkale

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One of the highest ridges of the Arıburnu front; the hill with the Mustafa Kemal statue, the Atatürk memorial and the New Zealand memorial.

Safety warning

This area is a cemetery and place of remembrance for those who lost their lives in the war; please be quiet and respectful.

Its story

Conkbayırı (Chunuk Bair) is one of the ridges commanding the Arıburnu front, where the August 1915 battles were at their fiercest. On the morning of August 10, 1915, the counterattack led by Mustafa Kemal was made here; it is said that a piece of shrapnel that struck his chest hit the watch in his pocket. On the hill, a statue of Mustafa Kemal and an Atatürk memorial stand side by side with an obelisk commemorating New Zealand soldiers. From the ridge there is a wide panorama of the Anafartalar plain, Suvla Bay and the Arıburnu shores.

Key facts

Event
Battles of August 1915
Admission
Free

Trip purpose

  • Free
  • Photography

Location

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40.25238, 26.30838

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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chunuk_Bair | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Statue_of_Mustafa_Kemal_at_Chunuk_Bair