Australia–Turkey relations

In Australia and New Zealand, as well as several other South Pacific nations, a public holiday is held for the event, known as Anzac Day.

In 1985, 70 years after the battle, the Turkish government officially recognized the name ANZAC Cove, the location where the troops landed.

[2] A ballot was held to allocate passes for Australians and New Zealanders wishing to attend Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli in 2015.

Of the 10,500 people who could be safely, securely and comfortably accommodated at the Anzac Commemorative Site, in 2015 this comprised places for 8,000 Australians, 2,000 New Zealanders and 500 official representatives of all nations involved in the Gallipoli campaign.

[3] In March 2019, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison condemned "reckless" and "highly offensive" comments made by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

[4] Erdoğan repeatedly showed video taken by the Christchurch mosque shooter to his supporters at campaign rallies for upcoming[update] local elections and said Australians and New Zealanders who came to Turkey with anti-Muslim sentiments "would be sent back in coffins like their grandfathers were" during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I.

Monthly value of Australian merchandise exports to Turkey (A$ millions) since 1988
Monthly value of Turkish merchandise exports to Australia ( A$ millions) since 1988
Memorial of ANZAC Cove ; commemorating the loss of thousands of Turkish and Anzac soldiers in Gallipoli
The Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial honours WWI fallen soldiers and is a tribute to Australian-Turkish relations