ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses and demonstrates, on the basis of memoirs, diaries and letters as primary material, how the fighting at Gallipoli was also metaphorically a war of identities, especially between Turkish and Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) soldiers. From the letters and diaries of the ANZAC soldiers it was understood that the Turks were a determined, resourceful fighting force. An Ottoman general proudly reported in a letter to his father that: the allies are astonished at the bravery and self-sacrifice of our soldiers. In fact, for the British, French, Canadians, Indians and Germans, the Gallipoli Campaign was one of a long tragic list of World War I battles, but for the Turks, Australians and New Zealanders, Gallipoli has been something apart a significant event in the self-development of their individual nations. Australia and New Zealand were members of the British Empire and maintained close economic, social and cultural links with the mother country.
