Turkey – Page 5 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 21, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli: Veterans’ relations travel to Turkey for Centenary tribute

Fifteen descendants of veterans who took part in the Gallipoli campaign are travelling to Turkey this week to attend the commemorations marking the centenary of the Allied landings in 1915.

April 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commemoration event marks anniversary of mass killings of Armenians

The event has been held in the Armenian capital Yerevan. The Armenians describe the killings as genocide. The Turkish government rejects the use of the term.

April 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary: summary of major events today & tomorrow

A Centenary News overview of major national and international events taking place today (April 24th 2015) and tomorrow (Anzac Day) to mark the 100th anniversary of the Allied landings at Gallipoli.

April 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Series of memorial events in Gallipoli this afternoon to mark centenary of conflict

There have been two main events during the afternoon of Friday April 24th 2015 – one at the principal Turkish memorial at Canakkale and one at the Commonwealth Cape Helles Memorial.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Allied troops land at Gallipoli

One of the most controversial campaigns of the First World War began on April 25th 1915, when the Allied powers invaded the Gallipoli peninsula with the aim of knocking Turkey out of the war.

April 25, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli Centenary draws record Anzac Day crowds

Tributes have been paid in Turkey and around the world to all those who fought in the Gallipoli campaign 100 years ago.

April 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘Gallipoli: from the Depths to the Trenches’ – exhibition in Istanbul

An exhibition marking the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, curated by Turkish documentary maker Sava Karaka, runs at the Isbank Museum, Istanbul, until August 15th 2015.

May 24, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Gallipoli truce to bury the dead

A brief truce took place in the fighting between Anzac forces and Turkish troops at Gallipoli on May 24th 1915.

August 1, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Gallipoli: Australia & New Zealand to remember August 1915 offensive

Australia and New Zealand are to hold commemorations in August 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli.

August 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: August offensive starts at Gallipoli

The last major Allied offensive at Gallipoli was launched on August 6th 1915, with an attempt to break out of Anzac Cove and a British landing at Suvla Bay.