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The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 remains a landmark event in New Zealand history. Although it was a grievous failure for the Allies and did not have a significant impact on the war's outcome, the campaign fostered an emerging New Zealand identity, and its effects continue to resonate.

The memorial to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at Takrena Bay on the south coast of Wellington.

Arab cameliers of the Ottoman Army in the First World War.

Ari Burnu Memorial, Gallipoli

Memorial to a Turkish Soldier, Ari Burnu Memorial, Gallipoli

The Birth of the Republic of Turkey from 1920-23

There were some Arab and even a few non-Muslim officers in the Ottoman Army in 1914, but all the senior military commands were held by Turks.

Mehmetçik – ‘Little Mehmet’ – was an affectionate Turkish nickname for Ottoman (Turkish) soldiers.