article_snippet.sent: Sulva Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, where in the World War I there were nearly 400,00 Allied casualties .
article_snippet.sent: Today this beautiful Turkish isthmus, facing the Aegean to the west, the Dardanelles Straits and the Sea of Marmara to the east, is a patchwork of monuments and memorial stones linked by country lanes, mountain tracks and undulating greenery.
article_snippet.sent: Allied cemeteries at Gallipoli are kept immaculately by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission .
article_snippet.sent: The mighty ruined fortress of Seddülbahir, brought to The mighty ruined fortress of Seddülbahir knees by Allied naval firepower in 1915, overlooks Beach Cemetery.
article_snippet.sent: The ruins of the fortress at Seddülbahir in Gallipoli - its name in Turkish means 'barrier to the sea' Seaside homes dot the flat sands and yellow sandstone bluffs rise out of the Aegean.
article_snippet.sent: The Gallipoli War Museum (Canakkale Destani Tanitim Merkezi), is well hidden from view but well worth finding.
article_snippet.sent: The battle sites and 31 memorials to the 130,000 dead covers a surprisingly small area.
article_snippet.sent: With an impressive flourish of national pride, the Turkish government has declared the whole area a Historic Park, to show the futility of war.
article_snippet.sent: Up at Chunuk Bair, where the Allies enjoyed a shortlived victory, the trenches have been preserved.
article_snippet.sent: From the New Zealand monument there are views across the peninsula, from the Aegean to the Dardanelles.
article_snippet.sent: Nearby is Kiliçbayiri, the memorial to the Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment, which was wiped out following the Allied landings at Anzac.