The French War Cemetery and Çanakkale Martyrs Memorial

THE FRENCH WAR CEMETERY AND THE ÇANAKKALE MARTYRS MEMORIAL overlook Morto Bay on the south of the Peninsula. The French War Cemetery commemorates the 14,300 French troops who died in the Gallipoli campaign, some of whom are buried in individual graves whilst the remains of others are contained in ossuaries within the cemetery. The Canakkale Martyrs Memorial is over 40m high and commemorates Turkish losses in the Battle of Canakkale, as the campaign is known there.