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" A Mate" <maybe@somewhere.com.au> wrote in message
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> There's a deal to see at Gallipoli - both in the Anzac Cove area and Cape
> Hermes. If your time is limited - as yours is then a guided tour will be
> best. Be sure you link up with a company which will tour the area of
> interest to you. Essentially there are Australian and NZ 'hot' spots;
> British interest points, and the Turkish memorials in both areas.
> Personally I found the Quinn's Post area (near the Sergeant Mehmet
> memorial) the most interesting. There are reconstructed trenches on the
> original lines here too.
>
> In the Cannakale Naval Base there is a smallish Turkish military nuseum
> (not far from the Fort) - it has excellent computer driven (in at least 3
> languages) interpretative 'posts' which explain just what lay behind the
> whole Gallopoli campaign, and how the Turks won. Winston Churchill, First
> Lord of the Admiralty at the time, took a long time to 'live down' the
> disaster he inspired.
>
> You can - of course - also get easily to Troy from Cannakale.
>
> We spent 3 nights at Gelibolu (the Turkish town near the Battlefields
> National Park) and rented a car - so we moved at our own pace to just what
> we wanted to see - but still took 4 full days to see everything we wanted
> to in the area. The ferry from Cannakale to the battlefield is frequent
> and fairly quick.
>


Thanks for that - very helpful. The heads-up on the military museum is
especially appreciated.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore