Ataturk
Is it just me or does everyone think ANZAC day becomes more important every year, as a chance to remind ourselves and our kids, where we have come from?
Australian soldiers have died all over the world, but Gallipoli was the battle which broke our hearts. It was also the battle which caused us to think about who we were.
Anzac Day celebrates that…but it’s also about reconciliation.
My favourite speech of all time is from General Kemal Ataturk, commander of the Turkish Forces who drove us out of Gallipoli…the architect of our heartbreak.
Ataturk later became a revered politician, his words at the close of hostilities are now engraved on the war memorial in Canberra.
He said, “You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and at peace. After having lost their lives on this land, they become our sons too.”
Australian soldiers have died all over the world, but Gallipoli was the battle which broke our hearts. It was also the battle which caused us to think about who we were.
Anzac Day celebrates that…but it’s also about reconciliation.
My favourite speech of all time is from General Kemal Ataturk, commander of the Turkish Forces who drove us out of Gallipoli…the architect of our heartbreak.
Ataturk later became a revered politician, his words at the close of hostilities are now engraved on the war memorial in Canberra.
He said, “You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears. Your sons are now lying in our bosom and at peace. After having lost their lives on this land, they become our sons too.”
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