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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a Peace Summit ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, in Istanbul April 23, 2015. Thousands of Australians, New Zealanders and Turks gathered on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula on Thursday ahead of the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War One. A century ago, thousands of soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) struggled ashore on a narrow beach at Gallipoli at the start of an ill-fated — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a Peace Summit ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, in Istanbul, April 23, 2015. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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