Turkey – Page 7 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 20, 2015 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: Last Allied soldiers leave Anzac Cove & Suvla

The withdrawal of Allied troops from Suvla and Anzac Cove on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula was completed on December 20th 1915.

December 31, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary year of 2015 – recalled in pictures from Centenary News

Pictures taken by the Centenary News team recall some of the many events over the past year, marking First World War anniversaries from 1915.

January 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News countdown to First World War anniversaries in 2016

Centenary News looks ahead to the some of the major First World War anniversaries which will be remembered in 2016.

January 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago Today: The Gallipoli campaign ends

The last Allied positions were evacuated at Cape Helles on January 9th 1916, ending the controversial Gallipoli campaign.

February 16, 2016 CN Editorial Team

100 years ago in Caucasus campaign – Erzurum falls to Russia

Russian troops captured the fortress town of Erzurum on February 16th 1916, a month after launching a surprise midwinter offensive against Turkey.

May 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Rare Ottoman Great War carpet for Australian War Memorial

A silk carpet commemorating Turkey’s victory over Allied naval power in the Dardanelles in March 1915 has been acquired by the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

September 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed

Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.

Author: Paul Knight

September 19, 2018 CN Editorial Team

The Battle of Megiddo – Ottoman Army in Palestine destroyed

Major Paul Knight on the Allied attack in September 1918 that dealt a fatal blow to the Central Powers in the Middle East.