Anzac Day tours from Istanbul covering Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Canakkale, Troy in Turkey.
1st World War Memorials of Australia and New Zealand Soldiers.

TOUR - E


 

Tour from Selcuk (Ephesus region)

 

Names of missing soldiers on Long Pine Memorial

Day 1 ( D )

10:00 Departure from Seljuk to Canakkale
15:00 Arrival in Canakkale, check in to youth hostel. The youth hostel is near the coast, so it my be wise to bring your swimming suites !
19:30 Dinner,
22:30 Beach Party and overnight

Day 2 ( B, LB*, D ) 

09:00 After breakfast departure for the Battlefield tour, visiting Kabatepe War Museum, Brighton Beach, Anzac Cove, Long Pine Australian Memorial, the original tunnels, The Neck cemetery, Chunuk-Bair New Zealander Memorial.
16:00 Return to hostel, free time
20:00 Dinner
22:00 Departure and cross the Dardanelles to Eceabat by ferry-boat to go to Anzac Cove

PS: Because of 10,000 of Australian and New Zealander visitor’s we have to be at the ceremony area as earliest as possible, also don’t forget to bring your sleeping bags)

Day 3 ( BB, LB, D )

1981 Gallipoli Movie Trailer

05:30 Dawn Service
Breakfast and lunch boxes will be served by our company before we reach to Anzac cove.
10:30 International and national ceremonies, - Australian & New Zealander
15:00 Return to Canakkale,
19:30 Dinner,

Day 4 ( B )

11:00 After breakfast bus to Seljuk*,
17:00 Arrival in Seljuk

Including

All transportations with new model coaches
All ferry tickets to cross the Dardanelles
2 Nights of Accommodation
All meals mentioned in the itinerary
English speaker Professional tour guide
All museum tickets mentioned in the itinerary

B = Breakfast, - BB = Breakfast Box, - L = Lunch, - LB = Lunch Box, - D = Dinner
 

Price (Per Person in) Dormitory Single Double Triple
Youth Hostel 99  GBP     119 GBP
3 Star Standard   219 GBP 169 GBP 161 GBP
5 Star Deluxe   361 GBP 299 GBP 279 GBP






 

WHAT IS ANZAC DAY ?

Anzac Day
Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, and is commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honor members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all those who died and served in military operations for the country. Anzac Day is also observed in the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.

Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions of both Australia and New Zealand. This is a rare instance of two sovereign countries not only sharing the same remembrance day, but making reference to both countries in its name.

Anzac Day was gazetted as a public holiday in New Zealand in 1920, through the Anzac Day Act, after lobbying by the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association,the RSA. In Australia at the 1921 State Premiers' Conference, it was decided that Anzac Day would be observed on 25 April each year. However, it was not observed uniformly in all the States.

With the coming of the Second World War, Anzac Day became a day on which to commemorate the lives of Australians and New Zealanders lost in that war as well and in subsequent years. The meaning of the day has been further broadened to include those killed in all the military operations in which the countries have been involved.

Dawn service
After the First World War, returned soldiers sought the comradeship they felt in those quiet, peaceful moments before dawn. With symbolic links to the dawn landing at Gallipoli, a dawn stand-to or dawn ceremony became a common form of Anzac Day remembrance during the 1920s.

In Turkey the name "ANZAC Cove" was officially recognized by the Turkish government on Anzac Day in 1985. In 1934, Kemal Ataturk delivered the following words to the first Australians, New Zealanders and British to visit the Gallipoli battlefields. This was later inscribed on a monolith at Ari Burnu Cemetery ( ANZAC Beach ) which was unveiled in 1985 and the words also appear on the Kemal Atatürk Memorial, Canberra:

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives. You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest 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. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries... Wipe away your tears ! Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."

In 1990, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing, Government officials from Australia and New Zealand as well as most of the last surviving Gallipoli veterans, and many Australian and New Zealand tourists travelled to Turkey for a special Dawn Service at Gallipoli. The Anzac Day Gallipoli Dawn Service has since attracted upwards of 15,000 people. Until 1999, the Gallipoli Dawn Service was held at the Ari Burnu War Cemetery at Anzac Cove, but the growing numbers of people attending resulted in the construction of a more spacious site on North Beach, known as the "Anzac Commemorative Site" in time for the year 2000 service.