Anzac Day commemorations 2015
Anzac Day services on the Gallipoli Peninsula are conducted by Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Britain and France. Again in 2015 services will be held on the 24th and 25th of April.
24nd April
10.00 - 12.00 Turkish International Service, Mehmetçik Abidesi
12.20 - 12.50 French Memorial Service, Morto Bay
13.10 - 13.50 Commonwealth Memorial Service, Cape Helles
15.10 - 15.55 Turkish 57th Regimen Memorial Service, Turkish 57th Regiment Memorial
25th April
05.30 - 06.30 Dawn Service, Anzac Commemorative Site, North Beach
10.00 - 11.00 Australian Memorial Service, Lone Pine
11.30 - 12.15 New Zealand Memorial Service, Chunuk Bair
Anzac Day Dawn Service 2015
Date – Duration: 24 / 25 April 2014 – 2 days / 1 night at the Commemorative Site
Meeting Point & Time:
Meating Points;
- 06.00 – 06.30 Taksim – Besiktas
- 06.30 – 07.00 Sultanahmet – Sirkeci - Beyazit – Laleli
- 07.15 Pick up from Ataturk Airport Area
* Also we can pick you up from your hotels , please take a seat and wait for pick up at the lobby of your hotel.
Day 1. 24 April 2015
- At app. 07.30 depart from Istanbul to Gallipoli
The duration of the drive takes about 5,5- 06,00 hours. In the morning between 08.00 – 08.30 we’re going to have a stop for breakfast.
- 12.00 – 12.30 Arrive Eceabat; The Town Center of Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park
* During the travel you’ll watch same documentaries about Gallipoli, which we have prepared for you since 1998.
Lunch in Eceabat; Soup, Chicken or Fish, Rice, Salad, Water and Bread
19.30 arrival at the Commemorative Site
When we arrive there, we are leaving the coach, till next morning you’ll not see the coach again, there will be check points for security, the rules are very strict, no alcohol allowed to enter the sites – nor drunken people, even if your water bottle is on you cannot get it in to the site.
On the ceremony area there will be stadium style seats and sleeping bags area, the night is going to be very cold so taking with you some thick clothes highly advised. Around the site there will shops for foods and drinks so you don’t need to carry with you. There will be some informative movies & documentaries shown on the big screens till to the Service.
Around 05.30 am starts the Dawn Service, after the service you will depart for the Australian ceremony at Lone Pine, because no bus transportation allowed you are going to walk up the Artillery Road over Shell Green which last around 1 hour.
The Australian ceremony starts 10.30 which gives you time to have a Breakfast.
New Zealanders continue on their walk from Lone Pine to the Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. You’ll follow the main road to the Chunuk Bair, this walk will last around 1 hour.
On the way you will have a chance to see Johnston’s Jolly where are remains of Turkish and Anzac trenches, Steele’s and Courntney’s Post cemetery, Quinns Post Cemetery & 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial.
The ceremony at Chunuk Bair for the New Zealanders starts at 11.30.
After all the ceremonies you will meet the group leaders ( you will be informed about meeting points). With our Buses we drive to the town of Eceabat and from there back to Istanbul ( or according your arrangement to Selcuk ).
The drive back to Istanbul will take us 5 hours where halfway we’ll have a short break.
Arround 22.30 arrival to Istanbul ( Haghia Sophia Square )
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