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Originally posted by MrFlux
Yes, and I'm sure that in India, Turkey, France and Britain they have days for remembering their veterans too.
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Sheesh.... that's a bit short-sighted and mean spirited, isn't it?
All I said is that we shouldn't forget
all those that fell at Gallipoli.
For your information, the TURKS make up the majority of people who attend the dawn service at Gallipoli each year.
The following words were spoken by Ataturk himself in 1934.
"Those heroes who 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 Mehemets to us where they lie side by side 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 bosoms and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they become our sons as well."
They are on the Ataturk Memorial in Turakena Bay, Gallipoli, and at the Canbera Kemal Ataturk Memorial (which was unveiled on Anzac Day in 1985 by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Turkey), and the Minister of Defense and Minister for Veteran Affairs (Australia).
I'm happy that the Australian Government, at least, recognizes Anzac Day as a commemoration of all those who fell; not just Australian, and not just at Gallipoli.
Mr Mephisto