The renovated ship can be visited at the Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum.This course treats films as historical documents through which to lens broader social and cultural phenomena. While three great warships sank, another three was heavily damaged.įollowing its decommissioning after a successful service to the Turkish Navy, Minelayer Nusret is now in the Tarsus district of Mersin.
The powerful navy of the Allies getting hit by these mines changed history.
Laying the last 26 mines at the arsenal, they successfully completed their mission without being seen by the enemy forces.ĭuring the control of mines, the enemy warships could not detect the mines laid by Nusret. At the night between March 7 and March 8, before the Çanakkale Victory, Hafız Nazmi Bey and Captain Hakkı Bey set sail with Nusret. Minelayer Nusret is known as the ship solely defeating the strongest navy of the World.īefore the Allied Forces landing, Cevat Pasha ordered Hafız Nazmi Bey to lay mines parallel to the shore with Nusret, and do this during night without being seen by the enemy. Nusret ('the help of God'), designed as a minelayer in Germany, is deemed as the one of the greatest heroes of the Çanakkale War. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.” You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries! Wipe away your tears Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.
There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. “Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives on these lands! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. The monument on which Atatürk’s following words are engraved, is located at the Anzac Boulevard in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s speech made during the anniversary of Çanakkale Victory on March 18, 1934, was received with great respect from all over the World. As a result of his outstanding success in the front, Ottoman Empire awarded him with Silver Imtiyaz Medal, Silver Liakat Medal and Gold Liakat Medal, while the German Empire awarded him with Iron Cross. Mustafa Kemal was risen to the rank of Colonel due to his achievements in Çanakkale War. He made his famous speech before the Conkbayırı victory: "I am not ordering you to attack, I order you to die!” With the 57th Regiment under his command he defeated the Anzacs landing on Arıburnu. Mustafa Kemal, appointed as Lieutenant-Colonel in the Çanakkale War, predicted that the landings would be made at Anafartalar region. His insistence answered, he was appointed to the General Command of 19th Division to be established in Tekirdağ.
In a letter he wrote, Mustafa Kemal stated that he desired to fight on the frontlines for his Motherland and he should be informed if he was considered inadequate to fulfill his officer duties. His request was declined due to his important assignment in Sofia. Mustafa Kemal, being appointed as the Ottoman military attaché in Sofia, desired to have an active duty on the frontline when World War I began.
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