What is Anzac Day Gallipoli Turkey ?
Anzac day service, Anzac Day - 25 April - is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as Anzacs, and the pride they soon took in that name endures to this day.

What does it mean today ?

Australians recognise 25 April as an occasion of national commemoration. Commemorative services are held at dawn, tet and join in marches through the major cities anhe time of the original landing, across the nation. Later in the day ex-servicemen and women med many smaller centres. Commemorative ceremonies are held at war memorials around the country. It is a day when Australians reflect on the many different meanings of war

Anzac Australian Day
ANZAC is the acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the formation created in December 1914 by grouping the Australian Imperial Force and New Zealand Expeditionary Force stationed in Egypt under the command of Lieutenant-General William Birdwood. Initially the term 'Australasian Corps' had been mooted for this force, but there was a reluctance among both Australians and New Zealanders to lose their separate identities completely


"THOSE HEROES THAT SHED THEIR BLOOD AND LOST THEIR LIVES... YOU ARE NOW LYING IN THE SOIL OF A FRIENDLY COUNTRY. THEREFORE REST IN PEACE. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JOHNNIES AND THE MEHMETS TO US WHERE THEY LIE SIDE BY SIDE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY OF OURS...

YOU, THE MOTHERS, WHO SENT THEIR SONS FROM FAR AWAY COUNTRIES, WIPE AWAY YOUR TEARS; YOUR SONS ARE NOW LYING IN OUR BOSOM AND ARE IN PEACE. AFTER HAVING LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS LAND THEY HAVE BECOME OUR SONS AS WELL."

M. KEMAL ATATURK, 1934
( The founder of Turkish Republic )

 

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 ITINERARY 2  /  3 DAYS & 2 NIGHTSPRICE : EUR 179

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24.04.09 - FRIDAY
Istanbul - Gallipoli
Welcome to Istanbul. We meet at the  office in Istanbul for an early morning departure to the WW1 battlefields of Gallipoli. Along the way we will stop for a meal break and a chance to stock up on supplies and rations to see you through the night and the following day. Once we arrive at the Gallipoli peninsula, we will take you on an orientation tour of the battlefields before we arrive at our final destination of Anzac Cove in the early evening, to secure a good spot on the grass for the long night ahead. Overnight ANZAC Cove

(Please note: no accommodation is available on this night as you will sleep under the stars as the ANZAC's did 94 years before)

25.04.09 - SATURDAY
Anzac Day
Awake before sunrise to the Anzac Dawn service and commemorate our fallen fore fathers on this special day. The Gallipoli battlefields are well sign posted so you can walk amidst the various cemeteries, trenches and memorials on your way to Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair to attend the Australian, Turkish and New Zealand memorial services. Late afternoon you will meet up with the Tour Bus again to head back to Istanbul. Overnight Istanbul

26.04.09 - SUNDAY
After Breakfast your tour concludes and sadly it is time to say good bye to new friends. (B)

Tour Includes
English speaking Tour Leader on the bus giving you a wealth of super interesting and useful info.
Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking bus
Commemorative gift
Guided orientation tour of Gallipoli
1 Breakfast
1 night - Shared Hotel accommodation in Istanbul
 

Tour Excludes
Suggested optional activities and sightseeing
Entrance fees to the various sites


P.S : Please, don't forget to bring your sleeping bag

 







OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Bosphorus cruise tour (half day) : 25 EUR

Bosphorus cruise & two continents tour (full day) : 45 EUR

Byzantine relics tour (half day) : 30 EUR

Ottoman relics tour (half day) : 30 EUR

Byzantine & Ottoman relics tour (full day) : 50 EUR

Priene - Miletos - Didyma tour (full day)  : 40 EUR

Turkish night show  with dinner (belly dancer) : 40 EUR  

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