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
Nearby
Museum
- Salim Mutlu Special Warfare Memories Collection - Alcıtepe
- Çanakkale Martyrdom Hospital Museum - Alcıtepe
- 1915 Seddulbahir Savaw Malzemeleri Gallery - Seddülbahir
Point of interest
Monument
- "Last Arrow" Memorial - Alcıtepe
- Fevzi Çakmak Memorial - Alcıtepe
- Fevzi Cakmak Headquarters Monument - Alcıtepe
Cemetery
- Saritepe Ottoman War Cemetery - Alcıtepe
- Zigindere Field Dressing Post Turkish Symbolic Cemetery - Alçıtepe
- Twelve Tree Copse Memorial - Alçıtepe
Fortification
Ship wreck
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