The Consulates General of Turkey and Australia and Honorary Consulate of New Zealand jointly organize a conference titled “International Conference on Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 1915 Çanakkale/Gallipoli Campaign’’ at the University of Chicago on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 2 pm.

The speakers of the conference are as follows:

Prof. Cagrı Erhan, Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University, Turkey
Mr. Doran Cart, “National World War I Museum”, Kansas City, Missouri
Edward Burkhardt, Honorary Consul of New Zealand, Great Lakes Region

The flyer of the Conference is presented below and the Consulates of Turkey, Australia and New Zealand cordially invite the scholars, diplomats, students and residents of Chicago to participate in the Conference.

The main themes of the conference will be the historical significance of the 1915 Çanakkale/Gallipoli Campaign and the way in which it led to a strong friendship among the countries involved, which has lasted from 1915 to the present and beyond.

Ramis ŞEN

Consul General