Divided Spaces, Contested Pasts

The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was the site of one of the most tragic and memorable battles of the 20th century. This book is about the history of its landscape, its people, and its heritage, from the day that the defeated Allied troops of World War One evacuated the peninsula in January 1916 to the present. It examines how the wartime heritage of this region is currently being redefined by the Turkish state to reflect a faith-based rather than secularist narrative about the origins of the country. It will be a key text to scholars of cultural and historical geography, military history, conflict studies, European studies, heritage studies, politics and international relations.