Russell Crowe's new film leads him to understand Turkish side of Gallipoli battle

10:58, 06/12/2014, Saturday

Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe says his movie, 'the Water Diviner,' leads him to understand the Turkish side of the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli

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Crowe's movie "The Water Diviner," which was shot in Turkey in 2014, and tells the story of a New Zealand father who searches for his two sons four years after they went missing in the battle in Gallipoli in 1915.

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Under the command of the British Empire, Australian and New Zealander soldiers formed an alliance called ANZAC - an acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Their aim was to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to allied navies. Their ultimate objective was to capture Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire which is now Istanbul in Turkey.

After ANZAC's soldiers were exposed to Ottoman Turkish resistance, the war fell into a stalemate and the campaign lasted for eight months. The extended offensive caused tens of thousands of casualties from both the Australia and New Zealand side, which eventually led to an Ottoman victory under the leadership of Colonel Mustafa Kemal, who would later be known as Father of the Turks (Ataturk) and become the founder of modern Turkey.

Anzac Day, the 25th of April, which marks the first day of the campaign, became a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

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Titles :Russell Crowe Yilmaz Erdogan The Water Diviner

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