Erdogan's surprise invitation to Armenian president
This year, April 24 means more than it has in earlier years. Every year, Turkey celebrates March 18 as the anniversary of the Canakkale [Dardanelles] victory over the Allies, although the war on that front continued until the end of 1915. The most critical period was between March 18 and April 25. On April 25, 1915, after sustaining a heavy defeat in the naval war, Anzacs [Australian and New Zealand soldiers] serving under the British Imperial Army landed on Ottoman soil to destroy the Turkish artillery batteries at Gallipoli — which were blocking naval passage — to pass through the Dardanelles Strait and reach Istanbul. In bloody battles that lasted until December 1915, the Anzacs were defeated. After the Allied forces suffered a major naval defeat on March 18, they decided to capture Gallipoli and landed massive forces. Their final defeat and withdrawal was on April 25.
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