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ANZAC TOURS TURKEY |
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Experience Anzac Day at
Gallipoli with Sisan Tours, who
will guide you through the
stirring and emotional
commemoration of Dawn Service.
We fulfil your dreams to come
and meet your ancestors in the
Battlefield where they left
their souls |
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EARLY BOOKING DISCOUNTS AVAIBLE
UNTIL 31ST DECEMBER 2008
All Anzac Day Tours
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ANZAC DAY TOURS 2009
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94th Anniversary at Gallipoli Turkey
April 25th ANZAC DAY TURKEY 2009
Commemoration and Dawn Services |
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What is Anzac Day?
Anzac Day - 25 April - is probably
Australia's most important national
occasion. It marks the anniversary of
the first major military action fought
by Australian and New Zealand forces
during the First World War. ANZAC stands
for Australian and New Zealand Army
Corps. The soldiers in those forces
quickly became known as Anzacs, and the
pride they soon took in that name
endures to this day.
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What does it mean today?
Australians recognise 25 April as an
occasion of nati in marches through the
major cities anhe time of the original
landing, across the nation. Later in the
day ex-servicemen and women med many
smaller centres. Commemorative
ceremonies are held at war memorials
around the country. It is a day when
Australians reflect on the many
different meanings of war. |
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Why is this day so special to
Australians?
When war broke out in 1914 Australia had
been a federal commonwealth for only 13
years. The new national government was eager
to establish its reputation among the
nations of the world. In 1915 Australian and
New Zealand soldiers formed part of the
allied expedition that set out to capture
the Gallipoli peninsula to open the way to
the Black Sea for the allied navies.
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The plan was to capture Constantinople (now
Istanbul), capital of the Ottoman Empire and
an ally of Germany. They landed at Gallipoli
on April 25, meeting fierce resistance from
the Turkish defenders. What had been planned
as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the
war quickly became a stalemate, and the
campaign dragged on for eight months. At the
end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated
after both sides had suffered heavy
casualties and endured great hardships. News
of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound
impact on Australians at home and April 25
quickly became the day on which Australians
remembered the sacrifice of those who had
died in war.
 
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