Remember Gallipoli

April, 2010

Cost: TBA
Contact: Emma Copeman, Program Services Coordinator  +1-404-965-4343 
Click here to send an email to the ED

You will arrive in Istanbul and enjoy this timeless city for three days visiting historical places like Sultan Ahmet, the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, the Bosporus, the Cistern Basilica and more. This will be followed by 3 to 4 days of hosting with one of the Friendship Force clubs of Turkey before continuing on with your hosts to Çanakkale, Gallipoli for the dawn Anzac day ceremony. On Anzac Day, 25th of April, across the length and breadth of Australia and New Zealand as well as in Turkey, people turn out to salute, honor and pay their respects to the fallen and to the surviving servicemen who willingly offered their lives to the service of their country. You will spend two days exploring the area with your hosts before departing on a 6 day tour including more wonderful places like Ayvalık, Bergama, İzmir, a visit to Ephesus and the Temple of Diana, the Old City of Ephesus, the Temple of Hadrian and Serapis, Library of Celcius, the Last Abode of the Virgin Mary and lunch in Selcuk. After your time in the İzmir area you will visit Pamukkale, called the ‘cotton castle’ and then you will fly back to Istanbul in order to return home.