Nuri Yamut Memorial

Nuri Yamut was the commander of II Corps at the time of the Gallipoli Campaign (1915-1916). He had this monument built in 1943 in memory of the 6,395 Ottoman soldiers who fell between 26 June and 12 July 1915. The monument also functions as a charnel house. The bones were excavated between 1934 and 1936.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com