Table of Contents

List of Maps

Acknowledgements

A Note on Terminology

Glossary of Place Names

Pronunciation of the Turkish alphabet

Turkish/Ottoman History

Brief Chronology

Introduction

Chapter 1 '...a special bond'

Chapter 2 '...a proud heritage'

Chapter 3 '...defending the homeland'

Chapter 4 '...the breath of decay'

Chapter 5 '...then may I never witness a defeat'

Chapter 6 '...your sons and daughters have become our sons and daughters'

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

DR KEVIN FEWSTER has been researching World War I for more than 25 years and taught history at the University of NSW, Royal Military College, Duntroon. He is the editor of Gallipoli Correspondent: the frontline diary of C.E.W. Bean, and is now the Director of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2001.

VECIHI BASARIN is a Chemical Engineer who has lived and worked in various countries, including Turkey, Norway, USA, Brazil, Germany and the UK. He is currently retired after working in the private and public sectors in the offshore oil and gas, industry assistance, petroleum, petrochemical, investment attraction, tourism and environmental protection related fields.

HATICE BASARIN is a town planner who came to Australia in 1979. After receiving a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Melbourne, she has worked as a policy and research officer on land use planning, local government and public housing issues.