Gallipoli (Gelibolu)

Gallipoli (Turkish title Gelibolu) is a 2005 Turkish documentary film written and directed by Tolga Örnek. Released in Turkish cinemas on 18 March 2005, it portrays the 1915 Gallipoli campaign not from a single perspective but through the eyes of Turkish soldiers as well as British, Australian and New Zealand (ANZAC) troops. Completed on the 90th anniversary of the battle, the film is woven from human stories of the soldiers in the trenches regardless of religion, language or nationality; the narrative is carried by the letters and diaries of ten main characters — two British, three New Zealanders, three Australians and two Turks.

During a six-year preparation period, more than seventy archives in eight countries were searched, over 80,000 photographs were examined, and sixteen international historians were consulted. Shot in High Definition and printed to 35mm, it was the first documentary produced in this format in Turkey. The score was composed by Demir Demirkan, with Jeremy Irons, Sam Neill and Zafer Ergin among the narrators, and Hamdi Döker serving as producer.