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Soğanlıdere Martyrs’ Cemetery

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Soğanlıdere Hospital Martyrs’ Cemetery was restored and opened in 2005 and is located a few hundred meters away from the Soğanlıdere Air Strike Martyrs’ Cemetery. The memorial is adorned with the crescent and star, and the pyramid in the star symbolizes the ascension of the martyrs to God. The original martyrs’ cemetery was encircled in the region right beneath the memorial. Here lie the soldiers who were martyred while being treated at the hospitals during the war. The Medical Companies of the 2nd, 7th and 12th Divisions served here. As it was outside enemy assaults, the valley acted as the most outstanding logistics support center of the Cape Helles Front. Soğanlıdere Valley also housed the coastal batteries prepared for March 18 as well as the hospitals of the four divisions and the depot for supplies and provisions. In this respect, Soğanlıdere served as a major center for the food supplies of Turkish soldiers.

A building’s ruins catches your attention on the right side of the road before arriving at the Soğanlıdere Martyrs’ Cemetery. This building was the Infirmary of Melek Hanım. This first infirmary of the Sedd el Bahr Front was later transformed into a field hospital. This place was also marked in die plate no. 29 of the Map of Şevki Pasha in 1916 and was written in the Ottoman Turkish language. It was also an important place for the treatment of soldiers assigned to the batteries.