Çanakkale Savaşları: Nedenleri, Sorumlusu ve Önemine Dair Yaklaşımlar

Abstract

The First World War that was the bloodiest and largest war history had recorded to that date comprised many battles some of which took place in Dardanelles. In order to end the bloody battles and shorten the war, the Allies opened the Dardanelles front. Yet, because of their defeat in both sea and land, the Great War lasted longer and became bloodier. While France and England experienced the first major impact to their imperialist policies, Tsarist Russia collapsed under heavy burden of the war. The victory at Dardanelles and the collapse of the Tsarist Russia increased hopes of the Central powers for a final victory in the Great War, yet the entrance of the United States into the war on the Allies side changed the situation. Despite their great losses in men and materials, the Dardanelles wars were prideful and worth recording history of the Turks. For them, the Dardanelles wars were a great military victory, a great success for understanding the meaning of the homeland, an important gain on the way to become a nation state and a great help for Mustafa Kemal to become the founder of the future Republic of Turkey.

Keywords

• Dardanelles Wars
• The First World War
• Turkey
• Ottoman Empire
• Mustafa Kemal
• Turkish Straits