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Go and die.

Ataturks legendary command to send his retreating ammo-less troops back to the line to die with their bayonets in hand, buying time for his replacements who were on their way. How does a leader or his troops escape such an environment alive, let alone with any sanity intact?
GALLIPOLI: A New Zealanders' Pilgrimage Site

February 11th 2009
Gallipoli. There is absolutely no place in the World like it. Not because untold thousands of people died there in a bloody deadlock, but because some of them were our family, friends, and countrymen. Gallipoli is part of the mindset of our little Country. The yearly celebration of ANZAC day with the country closing down, the silent dawn parades, the solemn school ceremonies, the sad songs reca ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Aegean

Turkish Flag Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more
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