Anzac Cove

On the Gallipoli Peninsula, Anzac Cove remains one of the most poignant and historically significant shorelines in the region, remembered as the place where Australian and New Zealand troops came ashore during the Gallipoli Campaign on 25 April 1915. Small in scale yet immense in meaning, the cove has become a site of remembrance closely tied to the history of the First World War and to the shared memory of Türkiye, Australia, and New Zealand. Official Turkish heritage information describes it as a 600-metre stretch on the Arıburnu coast, now preserved as part of the Gallipoli Historical Area. 

What visitors encounter today is not a grand monument in the conventional sense, but a landscape made powerful by memory. The sea, the narrow beach, and the steep ridges rising behind it help explain why this stretch of coast became such a difficult and defining battlefield. Its quiet setting stands in contrast to the events it witnessed, giving the cove an atmosphere that is reflective, solemn, and deeply moving. 

Anzac Cove Highlights

• Visit Anzac Cove in Gallipoli for one of the most important remembrance sites of the First World War.
• See the historic landing shore and steep surrounding ridges that shaped the Gallipoli Campaign.
• Add Anzac Cove to your Türkiye itinerary for history, remembrance, and powerful coastal heritage.