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Ceremony held in Turkey to mark Gallipoli landings
A wreath-laying ceremony was held in western Canakkale province early on Sunday to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the landing of foreign troops on Turkish soil during World War I.
Due to coronavirus measures, the wreath-laying ceremony with limited participants was held instead of a dawn service with the usual participation of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders coming to commemorate their ancestors every April 25.
April 25 is also known as ANZAC Day in Australia a significant national holiday that honors the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought and died in Canakkale on Turkey’s western coast in 1915. Australia and New Zealand commemorate the event as Gallipoli.
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KARACHI: The English Speaking Union of Pakistan (ESUP) on Thursday held its first hybrid event in which, keeping in mind Covid-19 SOPs, some guests were welcomed at a hotel here while others, including the guest speaker, joined in via Zoom.
The guest speaker at this virtual/physical event was the ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, joining in from Islamabad, to share his views on the foreign policy of Turkey and Turkey-Pakistan bilateral relations.
He said that the year 2020 was difficult but it was the strength and resilience of his country and its people, politically, economically and region-wise, which helped them get past the difficulties. He said that since Turkey cannot isolate itself from what happens around it, it has been also lending a helping hand to other countries in the form of humanitarian aid.