Lone Pine

half the total Aus casualties for the waar happened in this battle early august 1915, the battle field was the size of a football field and over 3000 Aus troops died

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Istanbul and Gallipoli

April 19th 2012
Where do I start - I know, getting to the airport in Vienna 2 hours early because i didn't read the ticket properly!!!! That aside, We did fly the Turkish budget airline, Pegusus - another success booking online! Late into the airport which is 1 hr outside Istanbul, by the time we got to the hotel it was after 7.30, a quick checkin and chat to Yusuf about orientating ourselves then across t ... read more

Middle East » Turkey

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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