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Gallipoli campaign

1915-1916 CE · Türkiye

Ottoman forces defeated an Allied attempt to force the Dardanelles; troops and laborers came from many regions, and the campaign shaped Turkish, Australian and New Zealand memory.

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How the setting appeared

Steep ridges, narrow beaches, trenches, dugouts, field hospitals and naval approaches constrained both armies.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-GALLIPOLICIT-CORE103-GALLIPOLI-NZHISTORY Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Soldiers endured heat, cold, disease, thirst, shellfire and burial duties, while civilians experienced military occupation and disruption.

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How people worked

Entrenching tools, rifles, artillery, boats, mules, medical stations and supply networks sustained a costly stalemate.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-GALLIPOLICIT-CORE103-GALLIPOLI-NZHISTORY Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Muslim, Christian, Jewish and secular remembrance practices honor the dead; national legends should not erase Ottoman or colonial participants.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-GALLIPOLICIT-CORE103-GALLIPOLI-NZHISTORY Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Industrial and colonial age
Region: West Asia · Türkiye
Languages and scripts: Ottoman Turkish; English; French; Arabic among Ottoman troops; Maori among New Zealand troops
Important people: Mustafa Kemal; Mehmet Esat Pasha; Liman von Sanders; Ian Hamilton
Events and changes: Ottoman defenses defeated the main Allied naval attempt to force the Dardanelles on 18 March 1915 CE.; Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli peninsula on 25 April 1915 CE.; Ottoman and Allied armies fought a costly trench campaign through the remainder of 1915 CE.; Allied forces evacuated Suvla and Anzac in December 1915 and completed the evacuation at Helles in January 1916 CE.
Evidence confidence: Strong military archives and material evidence; the visual is an era-level industrial transport scene and does not reenact casualties.

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Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-GALLIPOLICIT-CORE103-GALLIPOLI-NZHISTORY Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-GALLIPOLI

Gallipoli campaign: record evidence guide

https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/gallipoli

awm.gov.au

CIT-CORE103-GALLIPOLI-NZHISTORY

The Gallipoli Campaign

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-gallipoli-campaign/introduction

New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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