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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMQ_the-nek-sergeant-mehmets-memorial_Canakkale.html
English: The Nek is a hillock, 157 m. above sea level, located at Russell's Top. It is a very important point which connects Russell's Top - which is 700 m. high and 40-100 m. wide and extending over Plugge's Plateau on the southwest - first to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LMM_the-moment-when-mustafa-kemal-was-granted-to-our-nation-with-his-own-words_Canakkale.html
English: "On 10th of August 1915 the British Forces of 20,000 settled into their trenches where they had spent days digging and waiting for the moment to attack and occupy Chunuk Bair, and thereby dominate the Dardanelles. The darkness of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LLG_the-ruins-of-the-triumphal-arch-of-theodosius_Istanbul.html
English: The marble pieces that are located here belong to the Triumphal Arch and the Forum built by and named after the last emperor of the Roman Empire; Theodosius the Great (4th Cent. A.D.). The Triumphal Arch was situated on the corner of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL7_the-nek-cemetery_Canakkale.html
English: This was a fiercely contested part of the front-line at Anzac. A narrow passage across the ridge known as 'the Nek' lay just below a hill designated Baby 700 by Commonwealth forces. After the Armistice. the remains of several hundred me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL4_lone-pine-cemetery_Canakkale.html
To the glory of God and the lasting memory of 3268 Australian soldiers who fought on Gallipoli in 1915 and have no known graves, and 456 New Zealand soldiers whose names are not recorded in any other areas of the peninsula but who fell in the Anz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL3_the-temple-of-hadrian_Izmir.html
English: P. Vedius Antoninus Sabinus donated the small, temple-like monument which, according to a building inscription, honoured Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 117-138). The colonnade in front of the cella supports a so-called Syrian gable. The reliefs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL1_57th-infantry-regiment_Canakkale.html
English: The 57th Infantry Regiment was formed during the Balkan War in 1912. On 1 February 1915, it was reconstituted under the command of the 19th Infantry Division as part of the Turkish Fifth Army. The regiment showed outstanding valour un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LL0_the-hellenistic-fountain-and-the-hexagon_Izmir.html
English: The Taberna II (Shop II) of Terrace House 2 was built over a fountain installation from the 3rd century B.C. The east, south and west walls, constructed of marble blocks, are preserved. Above the socle zone, a water channel and traces of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKV_the-gallipoli-campaign-of-1915_Canakkale.html
English: The Allied objectives in the Gallipoli Campaign were, by capturing Istanbul, to force Turkey out of the war, to secure an ice-free sea supply route to Russia and to open another front against Germany and Austria-Hungary. The campaign fell…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKR_firuz-aga-mosque_Istanbul.html
English: Firuz Aga Mosque was constructed by Firuz Aga who was Chief-treasurer of Sultan Bayezid II. The mosque was a bigger yard before the extension of Divanyolu, was constructed in 1491 as it was shown at the tablet on its door. The script at…
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