《Seeing the Balkan War Through the Memoirs of the Battle of Gallipoli.》.pdf

SociologyStudyISSN2159-5526 January2014，Volume4，Number1，61-68 … SeeingtheBalkanW arThroughtheMemoirsof theBattleofGallipoli Lokman Erdemir~ Abstract Thetwentieth century featuresnumerousphenomena remarkable forTurkish history．Such wars astheTrablusgarp fTurco．Italian)War(1911)，theBalkanWar(1912—1913)，WorldWarI(1914—1918)，andNationalWarofIndependence (1919．19221causedtraumasthatremainvividinthemindsofTurkishpeopleandatthetimedevastatedtheirpsychological wel1．beingandsociallives．However，militaryandsocialdisappointmentcausedbytheBalkanWarplayedanimportantpart ininvigoratingandmotivatingsoldierstofightintheBattleofGallipoli，whichcleansedthetaintcausedbytheBalkandefeat andremindedTurkishsoldiersoftheirgloriouspast．Thecurrentstudyattemptstorevealhow theshamecausedbythe BalkandefeatdisappearedinthetrenchesattheBattleofGallipoli．Tothisend，wartimewritings，memoirs，anddiarieswere analyzedandevaluated．Theprimaryconcernofthisstudyiscomparisonofhow thesewt obattlesfeaturedinthememoirs and／orreportsorcolumnswrittenbyofficers，soldiersandintellectualswhoparticipatedinandwitnessedthewtowars， geywords TheBalkanWar，WorldWarI，BattleofGallipoli，Istanbul WithoutdoubttheBattleofGallipoliisamong the side’scasualty tollamounted tomorethan 250．000 milestonesofTurkish history．The navaloperation soldiers，57，263ofwhom weredeaths(Canakkale launchedwhen theallied fleetconsisting ofBritish CephesiHarek~u 1980：500)．AccordingtoTurkish andFrench shipsbombardedbastionslocated atthe ArmyCommanderLimanVonSanders(1968：130)， entranceoftheDardanelleson February l9，19l5， thetotaltollamountsto218．000．whilethenumberof turned out to be a complete failure．Therefore， deathswere66．000． EnglandanditsallyFrance1aunchedaJandassaulted Asstatedabove．itwasthepost—war(theBalkan toopenuptheclog overtheDardanelles，andlanded