The Turkish President and Gallipoli veteran, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, wrote a tribute to the Anzacs killed at Gelibolu (Gallipoli) :
“Those heroes that 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 Mehmets to us. Where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours … You mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away the tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well.”
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