Lost Martyrs and a Lost Battery Martyrdom in the Light of New Military Data of the Çanakkale Front Cover Image

Çanakkale Cephesi’ne Ait Yeni Askerî Veriler Işığında Kayıp Şehitler ve Kayıp Bir Batarya Şehitliğinin Tespiti
Lost Martyrs and a Lost Battery Martyrdom in the Light of New Military Data of the Çanakkale Front

Author(s): Murat Karataş
Subject(s): Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Serkan YAZICI
Keywords: First World War; Çanakkale Front; Martyrs; Martyrdoms;

Summary/Abstract: The five-volume work called Our Martyrs, published by the Ministry of National Defense in 1998, is among the most basic works used as the main source on the subject in terms of being prepared according to archive records. However, the data on the war records kept during the wars and the martyrs reflected in other military and official documents are also the main source; provides first-hand refined information. In this article, the differences were revealed by comparing the data in the work titled Our Martyrs, published by the Ministry of National Defense, about those who were martyred while serving in the İntepe-Çakaltepe region of the Çanakkale Front during the First World War, and the newly emerged data in the Ottoman military archive documents of 1915; In this way, it is aimed to eliminate missing or erroneous information. In addition, new historical military data are presented about a Battery Martyrdom that does not exist in the aforementioned area today, but was found to be present in 1915.

  • Issue Year: 8/2023
  • Issue No: Sp. Issue
  • Page Range: 2837-2870
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Turkish