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Turkey is located partly in Europe
and partly in Asia. It stretches along
Anatolian peninsula in South West
Asia and Balkan in South Western Europe.
Turkey has international boundaries
with eight countries Bulgaria, Greece,
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran,
Iraq and Syria. It also borders Mediterranean
Sea to the South, the Aegean Sea to
the West and Black Sea to the North.
Culturally Turkey is equally famous
on the world map. The popular festivals
like Turkey Sunnet, ANZAC Day Celebrations,
and Camel Wrestling Hip etc have made
the country popular in the cultural
sphere of the world.
ANZAC Day celebration takes place
every year on April 25 in Turkey.
Before the release of Peter Weir's
film Gallipoli, Turkey was not covered
under Galliopli peninsula. Exceptionally
due to the occasionally organized
tours approximately less that six
visitors arrive on this historical
place after a gap of one year. There
had been a marked attitudinal change
in the year 1981, when the film (the
story Gallipoli written by Alan Moorhead)
Gallipoli was released.
Thus the ANZAC Day is being celebrated
every year on April 25 with full honor.
The term ANZAC (stands for Australia
New Zealand Army Corps) and the celebration
has become a major event on Turkey's
tourism calendar. Still more than
10,000 visitors throng the towns like
Canakkale, Eceabat and Gelibolu during
the week of the celebration.
The main remembrances take place
at Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair, where
the memorials of Australian and New
Zealand soldiers have been erected.
Diplomats, senior military officers,
attend this remembrance ceremony.
Apart from these people, kith and
kin of those who became martyrs and
curious visitors take part in this
celebration.
The visitors, who visit the memorial
site, might have a touchy feeling
on the time of remembering the contribution
of Martyrs. The travelers to the ANZAC
Day Celebration must book everything
in Turkey well in advance to a part
of the touchy celebration.
For more details about other Turkish
celebrations, you may browse at .
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