Çanakkale Sonkale Association has commemorated 100 years since the Battle of Gallipoli with a huge Turkish flag, which was carried by youth along Çanakkale streets on Wednesday evening.
The association prepared a flag measuring 1915 meters long in remembrance of the martyrs and war veterans who ensured that the 1915 victory in the Battle of Gallipoli left a mark in history.
Gathering in the center of Çanakkale, members of the association and the residents carried the flag accompanied with the slogan "Çanakkale is impassable."
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