expensive upkeep

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), May 2, 2009 at 23:12

Mr. Berk Akk (pbuh) writes: ".>>that most probably there is not a single ANZAC grave that hasn't been desecrated " .Cemeteries another discussion.Few yeasr ago i visisted .was realy good like a garden.But go anywhere in turkey ,they respect soldiers died in gelipoli." IIt is like a garden but only because the Australian government has invested heavily into making Anzac Cove in Gallipoli a fit resting place for the soldiers on both sides who fought in WW1. This has been in response to the dereliction it had fallen into over 80 years under Turkish administration. "In 2003 the Australian government announced that it was negotiating with Turkey to place Anzac Cove on the National Heritage List, which included Australian sites such as the Eureka Stockade gardens.

However this request was dismissed by the Turkish government as the Gallipoli peninsula itself is Turkish territory and already a national park in the Turkish National Park System. In 2004 the Australian Minister for Veteran's Affairs, Danna Vale, made a request to the Turkish authorities that roadwork's be carried out in the area. In 2005, the resultant efforts to widen the road to provide a bus parking area for the Commemorative Site covered some of the remaining beach, making it impossible to traverse, and cut into Plunge's Plateau, making the path to the summit and Plunge's Plateau Cemetery impassable. Concerns were expressed that human remains from unmarked graves have been uncovered and discarded. "

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