100th Anniversary of the Canakkale Land Battles

CANAKKALE, TURKEY - APRIL 24: Turkish mounted gendarmes dressed as World War I Ottoman troops are seen at the French National War Cemetery and memorial as the Turkish Stars Acrobatic Flight Team perform a show during the commemoration ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Canakkale Land Battles on April 24, 2015 around the Canakkale Martyrs' Memorial, Turkey. The year 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the battle in the Dardanelles Strait in Canakkale province's peninsula of Gallipoli, at which there was a turnaround in favor of the Turks and other Ottoman citizens fighting in World War I against the Allied Forces. Turkey commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Canakkale with presidents, parliamentary speakers, prime ministers, and officials from all over the world. (Photo by Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)