happy? - April 25

Subject: happy? - April 25
From: Abby Sale
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 07:53 AM

Allies land at Gallipoli = 4/25/1915

	    

 Canakkale icinde aynali carsi    Inside Gallipoli the mirrored market
  Ana ben gidiyorum dusmana karsi  Mother I am going to face the enemy
  Of... gencligim eyvah...         Oh... my youth...
  Canakkale icinde bir uzun selvi  Inside Gallipoli, a tall cypress
  Kimimiz nisanli? kimimiz evli?   Which of us is engaged? which of us  is married?
  Of... gencligim eyvah...         Oh... my youth...
  Canakkale icinde vurdular beni   Inside Gallipoli they shot me
  Olmeden mezara koydular beni     Before I was dead they put me in the grave
  Of... gencligim eyvah...         Oh... my youth...
  

Author unknown; sung by Ruhi Su on Seferberlik Turkuleri (Songs of the Mobilization) [thanx Jack Campin]

(The Turks lost some 100,000 men at Gallipoli. There's some other song about it as told from another standpoint but I can't quite remember what it is.)

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: Wilfried Schaum
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:41 AM

To read the Turkish characters change to Western (ISO-8859-1)

Çanakkale içinde aynalı carşı
Ana ben gidiyorum düşmana karşi
Of... gençliğim eyvah...
Çanakkale içinde bir uzun selvi
Kimimiz nisanli? kimimiz evli?
Of... gençliğim eyvah...
Çanakkale içinde vurdular beni
Ölmeden mezara koydular beni
Of... gençliğim eyvah...

Thanks for this wonderful song

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:50 AM

Oops - karşı (i without dot)

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 09:51 AM

That was me - Wilfried

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: Amos
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 10:33 AM

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda ?


A

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 01:20 PM

130,000 died at Gallipoli, half of them Turks, according to the BBC News. Wilfried is probably closer to the correct figure for Turkish dead.

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: Tam the man
Date: 25 Apr 05 - 01:22 PM

My grandfather fought at Gallipoli

Subject: Happy! - April 25
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 05:08 PM

Note that there is no Happy! - April 25 thread. I suppose that means that Abby thinks that nothing really "Happy!" ever happened on April 25.

Maybe he's right.

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: sian, west wales
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 05:12 PM

Stop, passer-by! The earth you have just unknowningly trodden
is the spot where an era ended and where the heart of a nation beats

Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet
inscription on Turkish war memorial at Gallipoli

siân

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: Abby Sale
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 08:45 PM

:-) Joe,

Thanks for the kindness. The truth (and it's more likely than such subtilty on my part) is that somehow it got screwed up. I thought I posted one.

It's kinda too late but I'll do it now, anyway.

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Apr 05 - 08:57 PM

Whew! I feel much better now, Abby.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: happy? - April 25
From: GUEST,Gerry
Date: 27 Apr 15 - 08:57 PM

The Australian band, Shekel & Hide, recorded Canakkale Icinde on their 2000 CD, Shadows, and another song, Canakkale Kan Irmagi (Canakkale River of Blood).