Near Eceabat, Çanakkale, Turkey — West Asia or Southeast Europe

Monument of Respect for the Mehmetcik

Mehmetçiǧe Saygı Anıtı

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, May 10, 2015

1. Mehmetçiǧe Saygı Anıtı Marker

Inscription. Turkish:
"Biz Çanakkale Yarımadasının Türklerle savaşarak ve binlerce insanımızı kaybederek kahraman Turk milletine ve onun essiz vatan sevgisine duyduǧumuz büyük takdir ve hayranlıkla ayrıldık. Bütün Avustralyalılar Mehmetçiǧi kendi evlatları gibi sever Onum mertliǧi, vatan ve insan sevgisi siperlerdeki dayanılmaz heybet ve cesareti, bütün. Anzakları hayran bırakan yurt sevgisi insanlığın örnek alacaǧı büyük hasletlerdir. Mehmetçiǧe minnet ve saygılarımla..." -- Avustralya Genel Valisi Lord Casey

English:
Despite battling against the Turks at the Canakkale peninsula and loosing thousands of our people, we left with great admirance for the Turkish people and how patriotic they were. All Australians love the Mehmetcik. Their greatness, their love for people as a race, their love for their own people, and their unimaginable courage and glory… The love that Turkish people displayed for their country is a great example for man kind, that left Australians stunned.

To the Turkish Soldiers, with gratefulness and regards,

Viceroy Lord Casey.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

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13.202′ N, 26° 17.093′ E. Marker is near Eceabat, Çanakkale. Memorial is on Edirne Çanakkale Yolu (Route D550), on the left when traveling north. This monument is located in the Çanakkale Savaşı (Battle of Çanakkale, Battle of Gallipoli) memorial park grounds. Internal park roads are not named, at least on the park map or Google maps. Most road inside the park are one-way and signs point the way to the various cemeteries and sights. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Eceabat, Çanakkale 17900, Turkey. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Lone Pine Cemetery (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Beach Cemetery (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Anzac Cove (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Ariburnu (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Atatürk's Tribute (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); North Beach & Sphinx (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Ari Burnu Cemetery (approx. 2.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Eceabat.

More about this marker. Marker translation provided courtesy of humansftwarengineer. Note, also, that Mehmetcik refers to the Turkish soldiers.

Regarding Monument of Respect for the Mehmetcik. The legend: "A wounded British officer lay in no man's land while a ferocious

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, May 10, 2015

2. Mehmetçiǧe Saygı Anıtı Marker

This memorial depicts a Turkish soldier carrying a wounded Anzac.

battle raged around him. A white flag tied to the muzzle of a rifle appeared from a Turkish trench and the shooting suddenly stopped. A Turkish soldier climbed from the trench, picked up the British officer, delivered him to the Australian lines and returned to his own side." -- Daily Telegraph

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1. The Aussie PM, Turkey's hero and their unbreakable bond forged at Gallipoli -- Daily Telegraph. THERE is one towering monument at Gallipoli that's particularly intriguing. It's not typical of the monuments you might expect to see on the peninsula; of heroic, rifle-wielding Turks or of Turkey's reformist president Mustapha Ataturk starring stern-faced and resolute toward an invading foe. (Submitted on July 10, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)

2. The Historic National Park of Gallipoli Peninsula - Anzac Hotel Canakkale Turkey. ...The composition of the monument is based on an account attributed to Lord Casey, who later became Governor-General of Australia. Although this speech is reported to have been made at Gallipoli, there is no official record of a visit by Lord Casey to Gallipoli... (Submitted on July 13, 2015.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 991 times since then and 147 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 10, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.