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Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial
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The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial (Turkish: Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı) is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War. It is located within the Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park on Hisarlık Hill in Morto Bay at the southern end of the Gallipoli peninsula in Çanakkale Province, Turkey.
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Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı | |
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40.04966°N 26.21828°E / 40.04966; 26.21828 | |
Location | Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park, Çanakkale Province, Turkey |
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Designer | Doğan Erginbaş, Ismail Utkular and Ertuğrul Barla |
Type | War memorial |
Height | 41.70 m (137 ft) |
Beginning date | April 19, 1954 |
Completion date | March 15, 1958 |
Opening date | August 21, 1960 |
Dedicated to | Turkish soldiers participated at the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 |
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The memorial was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500,000 lira banknotes of 1993–2005.[1]
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