At least two million Turks visited the Gallipoli battlefield memory sites in 2015. How do Anzac pilgrims perceive these Turkish visitors and how have Islamist politicians mimicked the Anzacs? Using contemporary accounts held at the Library, Professor Ayhan Aktar traces changing modes of Turkish commemoration and narratives of Gallipoli, through Australasian eyes.

NLA Fellow Ayhan Aktar is Professor of Sociology at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. His Fellowship is supported by past and present members of the National Library Council.