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Samyeli Travel
is a Turkish based travel company who has over many
years experience in organizing Anzac Day Tours in
the Gallipoli Region. In the last ten years Samyeli
Travel have become positioned as one of the leading
Anzac Day Tour Operators offering arrange of quality
Anzac Day Tours at reasonable prices. For 2012 we
offer you 11 different Anzac Day Tours. The
difference with our Anzac day tours is that we do
not camp or hostel accommodation and we stay at 3 &
4 star hotels. Our Anzac Day Tours include a rest
day on 24/04 at a thermal/SPA resort south of
Canakkale as we prepare for the evening journey back
to ANZAC COVE to get a good viewing spot for the
dawn service. We also tour the Battlefields on 23/04
as opposed to 24/04, the reason being that it is a
lot less crowded and we are ensured all sites and
memorials will be open and accessible by our Anzac
Tours groups on this day. The price of the Anzac Day
Tours includes many meals and entrance fees to the
various attractions you visit so there are no
unexpected surprises or cost. Our staff includes
people from Turkey, Australia & New Zealand and we
only employ professional English speaking guides who
have an excellent knowledge of the Gallipoli
campaign history.
Anzac History: When war broke out in 1914
Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only
13 years. The new national government was eager to
establish its reputation among the nations of the
world. In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers
formed part of the allied expedition that set out to
capture the Gallipoli peninsula to open the way to
the Black Sea for the allied navies. The plan was to
capture Constantinople (now Istanbul), capital of
the Ottoman Empire and an ally of Germany. They
landed at Gallipoli on 25th April, meeting fierce
resistance from the Turkish defenders. What had been
planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the
war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign
dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915 the
allied forces were evacuated after both sides had
suffered heavy casualties and endured great
hardships. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a
profound impact on Australians at home and 25th
April quickly became the day on which Australians
remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in
war.
The Importance of Anzac Day: Australians
and New Zealand people recognise 25th April in Anzac
Cove as an occasion of national commemoration.
Commemorative services are held at dawn, the time of
the original landing, across the two nations. Later
in the day ex-servicemen and women meet and join in
marches through the major cities and many smaller
centres. Commemorative ceremonies are held at war
memorials around the country. It is a day when
Australians and New Zealand people reflect on the
many different meanings of war.
Every year thousands of New Zealand and Australian
people undertake a pilgrimage to Gallipoli through
the Anzac Day Tours available to pay their respects
to their ancestors who were there many years ago as
well as learn more about the history of this
important region. The Anzac Day Tour is the best way
possible to make this trip as they are designed to
not only give people a quality tour around the
Gallipoli region but also introduce them to Turkey
and its culture. Just like back in New Zealand and
Australia on the 25th April in Anzac Cove every year
those on an Anzac Day Tour can be part of this
important day but experience first hand the
sacrifice that was made and the conditions that were
faced. Samyeli Travel have a range of 11 Anzac Day
Tours all centered around Anzac Day as the important
feature and all Anzac Day Tours come with a
professional guide who can help unravel the Anzac
Day history and the legends. By booking one of our
Anzac Day Tours you can be assured that you are
getting a quality Anzac Tour and that your Anzac Day
Tour will be one to remember.
We believe that we have achieved this position by
providing quality anzac tours with best
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also links to other sites of backpackers and
travellers interest. Please do not hesitate to
contact us for much more information about anzac day
tours in turkey.
When booking an Anzac Tour it is important to ensure
that your tour operator is a member of TURSAB which
is the Turkish regulatory body of tourist
activities. It is illegal for non-members to operate
tours in Turkey without a TURSAB license and
membership number. Samyeli Travel is a member of
TURSAB (License No:1714).
25th
April 1915 - 25th April 2012
On
25th April 1915 the Australian
and New Zealand
Army Corps
landed on ANZAC Cove at Gallipoli Turkey at 4.29 a.m. This
landing has been commemorated ever since in Australia, New Zealand and
Turkey.
National
Day of Remembrance consecrated in Australia, New Zealand & Turkey in
memory of those brave soldiers who lost their lives in Word War I at the
Dardanelles in Gallipoli Turkey.
ANZAC
Day, 25th of April, is the most important date in Australia's and New
Zealand's calendar. Across the length and breadth of Australia and New
Zealand people turn out to salute, honour and pay their respects to the
fallen and to the surviving servicemen who willingly offered their lives
to the service of their country.
The (acronym) name ANZAC became famous with the landing of the Australian
& New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula at the
Dardanelles, Turkey, on 25th of April 1915. It has since become synonymous
with the determination and spirit of our armed forces. The significance of
the day, and the acronym, in Australia's heritage is probably best stated
by Dr. C. W. Bean in the following excerpt from his official Australian
history of World War One:
"It was not merely that 7600 Australians and nearly 2500 New
Zealanders had been killed or mortally wounded there, and 24,000 more
(19,000 Australians and 5,000 New Zealanders) had been wounded, while
fewer than 100 were prisoners. But the standards set by the first
companies at the first call - by the stretcher-bearers, the medical
officers, the staff, the company leaders, the privates, the defaulters on
the water barges, the Light Horse at The Nek - this was already part of
the tradition not only of ANZAC but of the Australian and New Zealand
peoples. By dawn on 20 December, ANZAC had faded into a dim blue line lost
amid other hills on the horizon as the ships took their human freight to
Imbros, Lemnos and Egypt. But ANZAC stood, and still stands, for reckless
valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity,
comradeship and endurance that will never own defeat".
Very early on the morning of 25th of April 1915, long before sunrise, the
ANZAC s were getting ready to go into battle. They had sailed from Egypt,
and now lay off the coast of Turkey in the darkness. They quietly climbed
down rope ladders and stepped into small row boats. These were then towed
as close as possible to the beach before the men rowed the last part to
the shore. They had practised this many times. But they were still very
nervous. They didn't know if the Turkish soldiers would be awake, or how
many there were. All they knew was that once ashore, they had to go
inland, as far from the beach as possible, and make room for more men to
land behind them. That was the plan.
Suddenly, a bright flare went up into the sky, turning night into day. The
ANZAC s were still making their way to the shore. Then the machine-guns
and rifles opened up.
The ANZAC s who jumped out of the boats that day were met with terrible
gun fire. Turkish bullets were whizzing through the air like hail, and
many men were killed or wounded in those first few hours. Some men didn't
even get out of the boats before they were shot. Others, who jumped out as
they ran aground, found the water was up to their shoulders. Some men
drowned because their packs were so heavy, or because they had never been
taught to swim. Once ashore, the ANZAC s became confused. They had
expected a flat beach but instead they were at the base of some cliffs.
They had landed in the wrong place!
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Samyeli Travel: 2007/21054
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