French Cemetery And Memorial
When we come to Morto Bay and turn our backs to the sea, the white monument seen on the opposite ridge is the French Cemetery and Monument. French and Senegalese workers, who came here during the armistice period in 1919, brought together 8 different cemeteries built during the war. The monument and cemetery, completed between 1926 and 1930, is the only cemetery of the French in the Gallipoli Peninsula. 3236 soldiers, whose names have been determined, were buried one by one in the graves in the front garden. On both sides of the monument, 12000 people were buried in 4 separate mass graves, each of which was 3000 soldiers whose names could not be determined. The reason for this is that the bones collected over time were transferred here. Behind the 140 m long cemetery, there is a monument erected in memory of the French soldiers. On the monument are the names of the troops who participated in the war and the poems of their National Poet, Viktor Hugo.
