Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial
Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı
Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial
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40°02′59″N 26°13′06″E / 40.04966°N 26.21828°E / 40.04966; 26.21828
LocationGallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
DesignerDoğan Erginbaş, Ismail Utkular and Ertuğrul Barla
TypeWar memorial
Height41.70 m (137 ft)
Beginning dateApril 19, 1954
Completion dateMarch 15, 1958
Opening dateAugust 21, 1960
Dedicated toTurkish soldiers participated at the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915

The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial (Turkish: Çanakkale Şehitleri Anıtı) is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War. It is located within the Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park on Hisarlık Hill in Morto Bay at the southern end of the Gallipoli peninsula in Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

The memorial was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 500,000 lira banknotes of 1993–2005.[1]

Martyrs' Memorial
Martyrs' Memorial
Reverse of 500,000 lira (1993–2005)
  1. ^ Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine. Banknote Museum: 7. Emission Group - Five Hundred Thousand Turkish Lira - I. Series, II. Series, III. Series & IV. Series. – Retrieved on 20 April 2009.
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