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ATATÜRK MEMORIAL (SCRUBBY KNOLL)
KEMALYERİ KİTABESİ
The
inscription on the panel -a famous paragraph of a divisional order written by Atatürk on
May 3- reads as follows :
All
soldiers fighting with us here must realise that to completely carry out the
honourable duty entrusted to us there must not be one step towards the rear.
Let me remind you all that your desire to sleep and rest does not merely mean
that you are deprived of your rest but may lead to our whole nation being
similarily deprived for all eternity.
IF STONES COULD SPEAK - ANZAC
"Mustafa Kemal Atatürk", reproduced from a period postcard (Louis Neefs - private collection)
Last updated : 04/02/08
"The Turkish commander's lookout at Scrubby Knoll. In the foreground is a ruined shelter. Essad Pasha's observation post is seen beyond it", period picture reproduced from "Gallipoli Mission", (Crows Nest 1990), Charles E.W. Bean, p. 154
The real Scrubby Knoll,
where Mustafa Kemal's headquarters were located between April 25 and May 17 is
right behind the slope, some 70 to 80 metres to the northeast. This place
was named "Kemalyeri" by a Turkish staff officer, Lieutenant Colonel Fahrettin
Altay, to honour Mustafa Kemal.
"Gallipoli
Battlefield Guide", (Istanbul 2006),
Gürsel Göncü & Şahin Aldoğan, p. 81
"Headquarters of the Northen group at Kemalyeri", reproduced from a period postcard (Başar Eryoner - private collection)
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