57th Infantry Regiment Martyrs' Cemetery

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57th Infantry Regiment Martyrs' Cemetery

The 57th Infantry Regiment Martyrdom (57. Piyade Alayı Şehitliği) has been built on December 12, 1992.During the war, foreign soldiers called it "Chessboard". This martyrdom is symbolic and the real martyrdom is located in the Çataldere Valley, at the south end of Bomba Sırtı.The 57th Regiment is the first of the Turkish forces to confront the Anzac soldiers advancing on the Ariburnu Front and to repel them. In this front, the leadership and courage of Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kemal were proven. The 57th Regiment Martyrdom was made of Kevser stone, which is generally used in Seljuk and Ottoman caravanserais. The entrance to the martyrdom is on the Kabatepe-Conkbayırı road.Directly opposite the entrance is a relief depicting the 57th Regiment's counterattack on April 25, 1915.

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