57th Infantry Regiment Memorial
57. Alay Şehitliği
A memorial to the Ottoman 57th Regiment, which held its ground in 1915 under Kemal's order “I am ordering you to die.” It is one of the sites Turks hold most dear.
On 25 April 1915, the day the Anzac forces landed, Kemal ordered the 57th Infantry Regiment: “I am not ordering you to attack, I am ordering you to die.” Nearly the entire regiment was killed, buying time for reinforcements. The memorial cemetery, completed in 1992, features a symbolic gravestone, a stone inscription of Kemal's words and a mosque-style memorial pavilion. At the entrance stands a statue of the last Gallipoli veteran with his granddaughter. The Turkish army still does not reuse the 57th Regiment's designation in its honour. The memorial is next to Lone Pine and Quinn's Post, and the three can be visited on foot. Free admission.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial
- Anzac Cove
- Chunuk Bair (Conkbayırı)
- Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park (Çanakkale Epic Promotion Center)
- Kilitbahir Castle
- Rumeli Mecidiye Bastion (Corporal Seyit)
- Dardanelles Ferry (Çanakkale–Eceabat/Kilitbahir)
- Çimenlik Castle & Naval Museum