GELİBOLU’YU ANLAMAK

Last week , A brutal attack took place in Paris. 12 Charlie Hebdo magazine’s caricaturist and one muslim police officers were killed by terrorist. I strongly condemn such a heinous attack . I offer my condolences to French people. We stress that It has nothing  to do with Islam. Islam means peace literally. As a muslim , I love Prophet Muhammed ( peace be upon him )and  I also believe that the freedom of expression is the one of the main human rights. We expresses our concern or feelings with pen .Although some controversial leaders attended at today’s Paris March ( like Mr Netanyahu, who is the killer of many Palestinian Children!) We support this march’s main idea . 

GeliboluyuAnlamak sizlere Gelibolu Yarımadası savaş alanlarının havadan fotoğraflarını sunuyor. Çok sayıda inşaat projesi tehdidine rağmen, Gelibolu yarımadası Birinci Dünya Savaşından beri orjinalliğini koruyan en önemli savaş alanlarından biri. Sanatını tarihi yarımadaya adamış Gökhan Tarkan Karaman, kendi dronuyla havadan çektiği fotoğrafları bizimle paylaşıyor. Daha önce Gelibolu yarımadası’nı bu şekilde görmediğinize eminim. Gökhan’ın özel web sitesi de çok yakında yayına başlayacak. Sabırsızlıkla bekliyoruz. 
 
GeliboluyuAnlamak.com presents you Gallipoli Battlefield photographs taken from the air. Despite  threatening of construction projects, Gallipoli Peninsula is one of the most important battlefield in the world, which has preserved  its originality since the First World War. Gokhan Tarkan Karaman, Professional Photographer and Graphic designer , who dedicated his art to Gallipoli Battlefield presents beatiful photographs taken by his drone from the air. I am sure you have never seen Gallipoli Battlefield from these point so far. His special web site that contains such a excellent photos and videos will be aired coming soon. We look forward to his web site.

Gallipoli battlefield faces new developments again. A ceremony area is being planned on the top of the Hill 971 (Kocaçimentepe) It is wrongly considered that Hill 971 was major assembly area for Turkish 57. Regiment before to attack against Anzacs on 25 April 1915 . For this reason they plan to construct a ceremonial ground on top of the Hill 971. This is a big mistake and such unnecessary projects will damage the environment. Another plan ! There is a rumour that a hotel will be built on Suvla A beach ( Kangoroo beach )!Such developments, the architecture of which consists of extensive use of concrete and expensive granite stones, are not new to the peninsula. Especially over the last ten years, many memorials and cemeteries have been constructed on Gallipoli Peninsula….While Gallipoli constructions are continuing , the history and the environment are getting lost. (T.Y)

We present you an exclusive interview with Peter Hart, Military Historian and has numerous books and articles about great war and its fronts including Gallipoli Campaign. He speaks to Turkish media first time. In this interview, he makes clear that Gallipoli campaign was a disastrous mistake from start to finish and had no tenable objectives. He stressed that British accounts have perhaps over-exaggerated the importance of Liman von Sanders and other German commanders. As to Great War Commomerations he said: “I would prefer to treat the Great War and Gallipoli as historical events to be studied and understood rather than celebrated or commemorated. Centenaries are mere excuses for morbid sentimentality; they have no meaning other than an arbitrary number of years since the event concerned.” This interview has been translated into Turkish by M. Onur Yurdal and Kayıhan Kabadayı and was also aired at the same time.