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the first "hotel de charme" on the Gallipoli peninsula
Captain Mehmet
is presumed to have been the commander of a company belonging to Turkish 57th
Regiment. His grave can be found just opposite the Quinns Post Cemetery. No
further information seems to exist about Captain Mehmet, who was among the
dozens of Turkish Captains who lost their lives during the fighting. His
grave is situated close to the site of Quinns Post, one of the positions that
first comes to mind when thinking of the Gallipoli Campaign. Here the distance
between the opposing trenches was sometimes as little as eight metres ...
Gallipoli Battlefield Guide, (Istanbul 2006), Gürsel Göncü & Şahin Aldoğan,
p.43
