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Centennial Gallipoli Ceremony Unites Australia, New Zealand, Turkey

4/26/2026

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On 25 April 2026, officials and visitors from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey held a centennial Gallipoli landing ceremony at the Turkey site.
New Zealand Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro stressed shared humanity as Turkish Colonel Fatih Cansiz read Atatürk’s 1934 tribute noting fallen soldiers rest side by side.
The hour-long ceremony began at 5:30 a.m. with hymns, prayers and wreath-laying and showed how Gallipoli shaped Australian and New Zealand identities and forged friendship with Turkey.

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On 25 April 2026, officials and visitors from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey held a centennial Gallipoli landing ceremony at the Turkey site.
New Zealand Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro stressed shared humanity as Turkish Colonel Fatih Cansiz read Atatürk’s 1934 tribute noting fallen soldiers rest side by side.
The hour-long ceremony began at 5:30 a.m. with hymns, prayers and wreath-laying and showed how Gallipoli shaped Australian and New Zealand identities and forged friendship with Turkey.