''We don't have any intention like damaging the Anzac Cove. Turkish soldiers died to defend their country as well as Australian soldiers and soldiers of other allied countries,'' Aydin added.
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed at Gallipoli on April 25th, 1915, as part of a British-led force trying to capture the Canakkale (Dardanelles) Strait from the Ottomans and open up a sea route to Russian allies.
The Allied forces left eight months later after fierce fighting on he peninsula leaving heavy Turkish, Australian, New Zealander, British, French and Indian casualties.