Anzac Cove is perhaps the most famous spot on the Gallipoli Peninsula. This small cove which is 600m long, is where the men of the ANZAC corps first came ashore on 25 April 1915 and were sent immediately into battle along the Second Ridge.

ANZAC Cove was only a kilometre of the frontline on the mountainous western side of the peninsula and within easy range of Turkish artillery, who inflicted massive casualties. By 1st May 1915, more than 27,000
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ANZAC's had landed at Gallipoli and ANZAC Cove became the main base for the Australian and New Zealand troops for the eight months of the Battle of Gallipoli. The Dawn Service was traditionally held within the cove until 1999 when a larger capacity purpose built "Anzac Commemorative Site" was constructed nearby on North Beach which is within easy walking distance.
Lone Pine was the site of one of the most famous battles of the Gallipoli campaign. From 6th - 9th August 1915, the maze of log covered trenches at Lone Pine became the scene of bloody, hand to hand combat, as the Australians attempted to take control of the Turkish line and divert the Turks attention from Chunuk Bair, which was the objective of the August offensive. The battle of Lone Pine was a rare success for the ANZACs, although it was at a very high price; 2200 Australians and 6000 Turks were killed of wounded. The site gained its name after the Turks cut down all but one of the Aleppo pines, which the ANZACs called the lonesome pine. Today the Lone Pine cemetery covers part of the battlefield and one tree raised from the seed of a Gallipoli cone, stands at the site. Lone Pine is the largest Commonwealth War Grave Commission Cemetery on the Gallipoli peninsular and it is the site of the
Australian memorialservice on ANZAC day.Shrapnel Valley which leads to Monash Valley, was vital to the ANZAC campaign. Although always under heavy Turkish ffire,

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North Beach and desperately

struggled upwards to reach the plateau, under Turkish fire. Reaching the top, a day long struggle ensued as they fired upon the Turks in an effort to move inland and gain ground, whilst the Turks were withdrawing towards the ridge line. One of the men to come ashore at North Beach was Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of the 3rd Field Ambulance, known as the 'man with the donkey'. The 3rd Field Ambulance men set up an aid post at North Beach during the morning of 25th April, to search cliffs around the sphinx to find and care for the wounded.Guided Gallipoli tours to commomarete the site, what's on Gallipoli Turkey can be understand better by an Anzac tour combined with a Western Turkey tour and Istanbul City tours. Anzac Memorials in Turkey and Ephesus tours can be organized together with Cappadocia tours ,too., Gallipoli Memorials tours, Anzac cove, lone pine, Shrapnel valley, chunuk bair, north beach in Gallipoli tours are available.
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In this tour; 3 nights in ISTANBUL, 3 nights in Canakkale.
We visit; Hagia Sophia (Church of Divine Wisdom), St.Savior Chora (Kariye) Museum, Taksim Square,Spice Market (Egyptian Bazaar) Bosphoros criuse, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Underground cistern, Grand Bazaar. Dardanelles, Cimenlik Castle, Nusret minelayer, Anzak Cove, Beach Cemetery, Shrapnel Valley, North Beach, Lone Pine, Quinn's Post, |
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In this tour; 3 nights in Canakkale. We visit; Dardanelles, Cimenlik Castle, Nusret minelayer, Anzak Cove, Beach Cemetery, Shrapnel Valley, North Beach, Lone Pine, Quinn's Post, The Nek and Russell's Top. V Beach, River Clyde Dock, The Castle, Morto Bay, Abide (Turkish Monumant, Twelve Tree Cops Cemetery, Helles, Dardanos batteries, Ahcıbaba Hill,Troy museum and ancient site |
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