The monolith near the Arıburnu Cemetery was erected at the end of Anzac Cove where the Anzac troops launched the landing operation of April 25, and contains the English version of the message written in 1934 by Atatürk and announced by the then Minister of the Interior:

“Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives … You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours … You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well”