UNDERSTANDING GALLIPOLI

As guest speaker, Dr John Basarin, a member of the Rotary Club of Brighton, provided a very in-depth and informative explanation of the facts leading up to, during and after the Gallipoli invasion in 1915.

John first visited Gallipoli as a 10-year-old Turkish boy with his father. “My father said to me, ‘Son, this is where Turkey was born’, pointing to the hills of Gallipoli. Little did I know, on the other side of the world, in what was to become by adopted country, Australian people felt the same about the birth of their country.”

Rather than provide a detailed description of his speech, feel free to click here to see a video of the same presentation that John gave to the Rotary Club of Wellington in 2015, the centenary of Gallipoli.