Michael in Turkey

Evening looking over the Dardanelles. The Canakkale Martyrs Memorial to the left (at the southern tip of the peninsula) commemorates the Turkish soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli (look it up if you don't know - a very interesting and important campaign in WWI). Where the peninsula ends, the Aegean sea starts. There is a HUGE mountain-side sign that one can see from passing ships and across the Dardannelles, which translates as "Stop wayfarer! Unknowst to you this ground you come and tread on is where an epoch lies; bend down and lend your ear for this silent mound is the place where the heart of a nation sighs."