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Martyrs’ Cemetery of Lieutenant Colonel Halid Bey and Lieutenant Colonel Ziya Bey

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The two adjacent graves located at the entrance to the Village of Büyük Anafarta are the graves of the commanders of the 20th and 21st Regiments of the 7th Division, Lieutenant Colonel Halit Bey and Lieutenant Ziya Bey. These two commanders were martyred during the assaults of August 11 and were entombed here together with thousands of soldiers in the immediate vicinity. According to the defense plan of the 7th Division, to which the two commanders were attached, the two of them were assigned to Bolayır on April 25, but joined the Sedd el Bahr and Anafartalar regions as the landing operation occurred in an unexpected location