ANZAC DAY TOURS TURKEY 2009

Samyeli Travel is a Turkish based travel company who has over many years experience in organizing Anzac Day Tours in the Gallipoli Region. In the last five years Samyeli Travel have become positioned as one of the leading Anzac Day Tour Operators offering arrange of quality Anzac Day Tours at reasonable prices. For 2009 we offer you 11 different Anzac Day Tours. The difference with our Anzac day tours is that we do not camp or hostel accommodation and we stay at 3 & 4 star hotels. Our Anzac Day Tours include a rest day on 24/04 at a thermal/SPA resort south of Canakkale as we prepare for the evening journey back to ANZAC COVE to get a good viewing spot for the dawn service. We also tour the Battlefields on 23/04 as opposed to 24/04, the reason being that it is a lot less crowded and we are ensured all sites and memorials will be open and accessible by our Anzac Tours groups on this day. The price of the Anzac Day Tours includes many meals and entrance fees to the various attractions you visit so there are no unexpected surprises or cost. Our staff includes people from Turkey, Australia & New Zealand and we only employ professional English speaking guides who have an excellent knowledge of the Gallipoli campaign history.

   Anzac History: When war broke out in 1914 Australia had been a federal commonwealth for only 13 years. The new national government was eager to establish its reputation among the nations of the world. In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula to open the way to the Black Sea for the allied navies. The plan was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul), capital of the Ottoman Empire and an ally of Germany. They landed at Gallipoli on 25th April, meeting fierce resistance from the Turkish defenders. What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound impact on Australians at home and 25th April quickly became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in war.

   The Importance of Anzac Day: Australians and New Zealand people recognise 25th April in Anzac Cove as an occasion of national commemoration. Commemorative services are held at dawn, the time of the original landing, across the two nations. Later in the day ex-servicemen and women meet and join in marches through the major cities and many smaller centres. Commemorative ceremonies are held at war memorials around the country. It is a day when Australians and New Zealand people reflect on the many different meanings of war.
Every year thousands of New Zealand and Australian people undertake a pilgrimage to Gallipoli through the Anzac Day Tours available to pay their respects to their ancestors who were there many years ago as well as learn more about the history of this important region. The Anzac Day Tour is the best way possible to make this trip as they are designed to not only give people a quality tour around the Gallipoli region but also introduce them to Turkey and its culture. Just like back in New Zealand and Australia on the 25th April in Anzac Cove every year those on an Anzac Day Tour can be part of this important day but experience first hand the sacrifice that was made and the conditions that were faced. Samyeli Travel have a range of 7 Anzac Day Tours all centered around Anzac Day as the important feature and all Anzac Day Tours come with a professional guide who can help unravel the Anzac Day history and the legends. By booking one of our Anzac Day Tours you can be assured that you are getting a quality Anzac Tour and that your Anzac Day Tour will be one to remember.

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When booking an Anzac Tour it is important to ensure that your tour operator is a member of TURSAB which is the Turkish regulatory body of tourist activities. It is illegal for non-members to operate tours in Turkey without a TURSAB license and membership number. Samyeli Travel is a member of TURSAB (License No:1714).

                                                             25th April 1915 - 25th April 2008

On 25th April 1915 the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on ANZAC Cove at Gallipoli Turkey at 4.29 a.m.  This landing has been commemorated ever since in Australia, New Zealand and Turkey.

National Day of Remembrance consecrated in Australia, New Zealand & Turkey in memory of those brave soldiers who lost their lives in Word War I at the Dardanelles in Gallipoli Turkey.

ANZAC Day, 25th of April, is the most important date in Australia's and New Zealand's calendar. Across the length and breadth of Australia and New Zealand people turn out to salute, honour and pay their respects to the fallen and to the surviving servicemen who willingly offered their lives to the service of their country.

The (acronym) name ANZAC became famous with the landing of the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula at the Dardanelles, Turkey, on 25th of April 1915. It has since become synonymous with the determination and spirit of our armed forces. The significance of the day, and the acronym, in Australia's heritage is probably best stated by Dr. C. W. Bean in the following excerpt from his official Australian history of World War One:

"It was not merely that 7600 Australians and nearly 2500 New Zealanders had been killed or mortally wounded there, and 24,000 more (19,000 Australians and 5,000 New Zealanders) had been wounded, while fewer than 100 were prisoners. But the standards set by the first companies at the first call - by the stretcher-bearers, the medical officers, the staff, the company leaders, the privates, the defaulters on the water barges, the Light Horse at The Nek - this was already part of the tradition not only of ANZAC but of the Australian and New Zealand peoples. By dawn on 20 December, ANZAC had faded into a dim blue line lost amid other hills on the horizon as the ships took their human freight to Imbros, Lemnos and Egypt. But ANZAC stood, and still stands, for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never own defeat".

Very early on the morning of 25th of April 1915, long before sunrise, the ANZAC s were getting ready to go into battle. They had sailed from Egypt, and now lay off the coast of Turkey in the darkness. They quietly climbed down rope ladders and stepped into small row boats. These were then towed as close as possible to the beach before the men rowed the last part to the shore. They had practised this many times. But they were still very nervous. They didn't know if the Turkish soldiers would be awake, or how many there were. All they knew was that once ashore, they had to go inland, as far from the beach as possible, and make room for more men to land behind them. That was the plan.

Suddenly, a bright flare went up into the sky, turning night into day. The ANZAC s were still making their way to the shore. Then the machine-guns and rifles opened up.

The ANZAC s who jumped out of the boats that day were met with terrible gun fire. Turkish bullets were whizzing through the air like hail, and many men were killed or wounded in those first few hours. Some men didn't even get out of the boats before they were shot. Others, who jumped out as they ran aground, found the water was up to their shoulders. Some men drowned because their packs were so heavy, or because they had never been taught to swim. Once ashore, the ANZAC s became confused. They had expected a flat beach but instead they were at the base of some cliffs. They had landed in the wrong place!