HISTORICAL MEETING AT ANZAC BAY april 25th,2008

At the 93rd anniversary of the Gallipoli Wars,Anzacs commemorated their ancestors with a ceremony.In this ceremony,the Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand,Winston Peters said that Gallipoli,where lots of New Zealandders' grave are,turned out to be a holy place for all them.Peters also said ''Our soldiers' courage and the losses they live in Gallipoli 93 years ago were scraped to our history books,archives and our national souls.Furthermore,New Zealander soldiers greatly respect to Turks' courage and their military abilities and admire their fight for defending their countries'' At the end of his speech,he added that Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK,who was the commander of the division in Gallipoli and the founder of the Turkish Republic,made way for agreement after Gallipoli Wars.

Approximately 10.000 Australian and New Zealander joined the ceremony this year.Hymns and prays were chanted.The representatives of the countries joined the Gallipoli Wars,put garlands on behalf of their ancestors.ATATÜRK'S message for Anzac soldiers was also read by two Turk officers both in Turkish and English.
''Bu memlekette kanlarını döken kahramanlar;
Burada bir dost ülkenin topraklarındasınız.huzur ve sükün içinde uyuyunuz.Siz Mehmetçiklerle yan yana,koyun koyunasınız.Uzak diyarlardan evlatlarını harbe gönderen analar:Göz yaşlarınızı dindiriniz.
Evlatlarınız bizim bağrımızdadır.Huzur içindedirler ve huzur içinde rahat rahat uyuyacaklardır.Onlar,bu topraklarda canlarını verdikten sonra artık bizim de evlatlarımız olmuşlardır.''
please submit your translations we did in the class.

by remziye