Chunuk Bair New Zealand Cemetery & Memorial

Gallipoli Peninsula


Chunuk Bair (Conk Bayiri in Turkish) was the first objective of the Allied landing in April 1915, and is now the site of of this cemetery and memorial, and the Conkbayırı Atatürk Anıtı, a huge statue of the Turkish hero Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk), leader of the Ottoman 57th Regiment.


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1. Conkbayırı Atatürk Anıtı

0.03 MILES

The Conkbayırı Atatürk Anıt is a huge statue of the Turkish hero, Mustafa Kemal (later Atatürk), leader of the Ottoman 57th Regiment.

2. Suyataği Anıtı

0.33 MILES

Mustafa Kemal, leader of the Ottoman 57th Regiment, spent the night of 9 August here, directing part of the counterattack to the Allied offensive…

3. Talat Göktepe Monument

0.47 MILES

This is a monument to a more recent casualty of Gallipoli: Talat Göktepe, chief director of the Çanakkale Forestry District, who died fighting the…

4. Düztepe Monument

0.86 MILES

The Düztepe Monument marks the spot where the Ottoman 10th Regiment held the line. Views of the Dardanelles and the surrounding countryside are superb…

5. Mesudiye Topu

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Mesudiye Topu is an Ottoman cannon. The weapon was used to defend the Dardanelles from incursions by French warships in March 1915.

6. Baby 700 Cemetery

1 MILES

Named after its height above sea level in feet, Baby 700 was the limit of the initial Allied attack, and the graves here are mostly dated 25 April. It's…

7. Nek

1.15 MILES

On the morning of 7 August 1915, the 8th (Victorian) and 10th (Western Australian) Regiments of the third Light Horse Brigade vaulted out of their…

8. Kesikdere Cemetery

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The Kesikdere Cemetery contains the remains of 1115 Turkish soldiers from the 57th and other regiments.