ATATÜRK MEMORIAL WREATHLAYING CEREMONY REMEMBRANCE PEACE

25 APRIL 2021 Atatürk Memorial Wreathlaying Ceremony 2021

Sunday 25 April 2021 Whakaahuatia a konei kia mau tō toronga mai Atatürk Memorial Park i te NZ COVID Tracer app Tarakena Bay Scan here to sign-in with Wellington the NZ COVID Tracer app Atatürk Memorial Park Tarakena Bay, Wellington

Atatürk Memorial Park was established in 1985 as a result of a reciprocal arrangement between , and the Republic of to mark the 70th anniversary of the campaign.

Situated on a prominent stretch of coastline at the entrance to Wellington Harbour, the park is named in memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who served as a divisional commander at Gallipoli and went on to become the first President of modern Turkey. It is appropriate that this area should have been chosen as a memorial to the heroism and self- sacrifice of both the ANZAC and Turkish forces in the . Not only does the location bear a striking resemblance to the stark geography of Anzac Cove, but it was the actual training ground of the Wellington Infantry Battalion prior to their departure for the Middle East in 1914. The Turkish Government, for its part, renamed as “Anzac Cove” the beach at Ari Burnu on which the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli took place.

Right: Atatürk Memorial Park, Anzac Day 2016. Photograph by Colin McLellan

4 5 Order of Service God Defend New Zealand WREATHLAYING God of Nations at Thy feet, The Honourable Grant Robertson In the bonds of love we meet, Deputy Prime Minister Hear our voices, we entreat, on behalf of the Government and people of ARRIVAL OF GOVERNMENT NATIONAL ANTHEMS God defend our free land New Zealand REPRESENTATIVES Guard Pacific’s triple star The Honourable Grant Robertson Istiklal Marsi From the shafts of strife and war, together with Deputy Prime Minister Fear not: For the crimson banner that proudly Make her praises heard afar, ripples in this glorious dawn shall not fade God defend New Zealand Her Excellency Mrs Ömür Ünsay Her Excellency The Honourable Before the last fiery hearth that is ablaze within Ambassador to New Zealand Patricia Forsythe AM my homeland is extinguished Embassy of the Republic of Turkey High Commissioner to New Zealand For that is the star of my people, OPENING REMARKS on behalf of the Government and people of the Australian High Commission and it will forever shine; The Honourable Grant Robertson Republic of Turkey It is mine; and solely belongs to my Deputy Prime Minister Her Excellency Mrs Ömür Ünsay valiant nation Her Excellency The Honourable Ambassador to New Zealand Patricia Forsythe AM Embassy of the Republic of Turkey Frown not, I beseech you, oh thou coy crescent! RESPONSE High Commissioner to New Zealand Smile upon my heroic nation! Her Excellency Mrs Ömür Ünsay Australian High Commission Why the anger, why the rage? Ambassador to New Zealand on behalf of the Government and people CEREMONIAL WELCOME BY TARANAKI Our blood which we shed for you shall not be Embassy of the Republic of Turkey of Australia WHĀNUI KI TE UPOKO O TE IKA worthy otherwise; CULTURAL GROUP For freedom is the absolute right of my Yasemin Ünsay and Trinity Hunt Karanga God-worshipping nation CALL TO WORSHIP on behalf of the youth of the Republic of Turkey and Haka Pōwhiri Prayer from Chaplain Class 2 Dave Lacey New Zealand Hongi Aotearoa New Zealand Defence Force Mihi Whakatau by Peter Jackson E Ihowā Atua, The Chaplain invites members of the public to lay O ngā iwi mātou rā Reading from the Koran by Sayhun Emrah Sari other floral tributes Āta whakarangona; Me aroha noa Kia hua ko te pai; LAMENT Kia tau tō atawhai; Played by piper Manaakitia mai Flight Sergeant Murray Mansfield QSM Aotearoa

6 7 QUOTATION THE ODE ROUSE This ceremony was arranged by the Visits and Her Excellency Mrs Ömür Ünsay recites the Major Fiona Cassidy (Rtd) The Bugler sounds “Rouse” (No salute) Ceremonial Office, Te Tari Taiwhenua The words (firstly in Turkish and then in English) Acting Chair of the National War Memorial Department of Internal Affairs, in partnership with of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as inscribed on the Advisory Council The Turkish and New Zealand flags are raised to the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, Manatū Memorial’s plinth the masthead Taonga the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, E kore rātou e kaumātuatia Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa The New Zealand Defence Pēnei i a tātou kua mahue nei Force, the Royal New Zealand Returned and THE BALLAD OF CANAKKALE E kore hoki rātou e ngoikore BLESSING Services’ Association, and Taranaki Whānui ki Sung by Alp Arslan Ahakoa pēhea i ngā āhuatanga o te wā The Chaplain concludes the commemoration Te Upoko o Te Ika. I te hekenga atu o te rā with a blessing In Canakkale stands the Mirror Bazaar Tae noa ki te aranga mai i te ata Mother, I set forth against the enemy, Ka maumahara tonu tātou ki a rātou oh, my youth, alas! FAREWELL WAIATA Response: Ka maumahara tonu tātou In Canakkale are rows of willows ki a rātou Pō Atarau (Now is the Hour) Brave Lions rest beneath them, Pō atarau oh, my youth, alas! BJ Clark QSM JP E moea iho nei National President E haere ana In Canakkale they shot me Royal New Zealand Returned and Koe ki pāmamao They buried me before I died, Services’ Association Haere rā oh, my youth, alas! Ka hoki mai anō They shall grow not old Ki i te tau as we that are left grow old; E tangi atu nei THE COMMEMORATION Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn Now is the hour, LAST POST At the going down of the sun when we must say goodbye The Bugler, Corporal Mike Costeloe, and in the morning, Soon you’ll be sailing, sounds the “Last Post” We will remember them far across the sea While you’re away, All uniformed personnel salute Response: We will remember them Oh please remember me When you return, The Turkish and New Zealand flags are lowered you’ll find me waiting here to half mast

8 9 Left: Landing troops at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli (Anzac Cove), 25 April 1915.

Image courtesy of Archives New Zealand Ref: PC4 1587/1915

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