Gallipoli Peninsula Historic Site

Battlefield trenches, cemeteries and memorials on Türkiye's Gallipoli Peninsula in Thrace

The peninsula stretches around 60 kilometres southwest into the Aegean Sea and holds 31 cemeteries and six commemorative monuments from the 1915 campaign. Trench lines at Russell's Top and Turkish Quinn's are still clearly visible.

1Çanakkale Martyrs MemorialThe main Turkish monument on the peninsula, completed in 1960.

2Russell's TopA plateau with clearly visible trench systems, once the ANZACs' northern front line.

Things to do

On footFollow the two-kilometre ANZAC Walk through 11 areas where the ANZACs were stationed
On footWalk the visible trench systems on the Russell's Top plateau, staying on the marked paths
Try thisLook for the outlines of the trenches at Turkish Quinn's and the German Officers' Trench
Try thisTake an audio tour or a guide to the cemeteries and memorials

Türkiye · Marmara

Also worth seeing

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Turkish Quinn's
Trench outlines opposite Quinn's Post, in the former "killing zone of no mans land".

Where it is

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