Mehmetçiğe Derin Saygı Anıtı

Gallipoli Peninsula


Mehmetçiğe Derin Saygı Anıtı is dedicated to 'Mehmetçik' (Little Mehmet, the Turkish 'tommy' or 'digger'), who carried a Kiwi soldier to safety.


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Nearby Gallipoli Peninsula attractions

1. Brighton Beach

0.57 MILES

Near Kabatepe village, Brighton Beach was a favourite swimming spot for Anzac troops during the campaign. Today, this is the only officially sanctioned…

3. Lone Pine Cemetery

0.71 MILES

Lone Pine is perhaps the most moving of all the Anzac cemeteries. Australian forces captured the Turkish positions here on the afternoon of 6 August 1915…

5. Johnston's Jolly

0.87 MILES

Allied cemetery 200m from Lone Pine cemetery, accessed by a road that marks what was the thin strip of no-man's land between the Turkish and Allied…

6. Beach (Hell Spit) Cemetery

0.89 MILES

Cemetery a short drive north along the coastal road from Brighton Beach. More than 300 Australian, British and New Zealand soldiers are buried here.

7. Çanakkale Epic Promotion Centre

0.98 MILES

If visiting Gallipoli independently, it's a good idea to start your tour at this high-tech museum roughly 1km east of the village of Kabatepe. It…

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