Anzac Cove memorial honouring Australians to be removed for Islamist inscription

A RENOVATION of a revered Anzac Cove memorial honouring fallen Australian soldiers has sparked controversy after the Turkish Government suggested it may be replaced by an Islamic interpretation of the role Diggers played in the Gallipoli invasion.

Familiar words attributed to Turkey’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — likening Australia’s dead “Johnnies” to Ottoman “Mehmets” and welcoming them to rest in his country’s soil — have been removed, according to The Guardian.

The renovation of the 1985 monument has heightened suspicions that the refurbished memorial could reflect a growing Islamist interpretation by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration of Australia’s part in the 1915 Anzac invasion of Gallipoli.

Source: Anzac Cove memorial honouring Australians to be removed for Islamist inscription | Perth Now